Player Discussion: Andrei Vasilevskiy - Part 2

[Five Alarm Fire]

#Trashilevskiy

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Here’s to hoping he can challenge Hellebuyck for the Vezina this year.

 

[Lightning1995]

Came into the night around 13-15 in save % depending how on how many goalies you take out due to game volume. He’s 14th if we include goalies with 12 or more starts.

And that was before Toronto obliterated him. He’s playing like a mid level nhl starter for 9.5 mil a year. Just not gonna cut it if the Bolts are gonna make another run

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[bigdaddio]

One of two things are true. Either we are very very unlucky in that we are getting goalied half the games we play or goaltending around the league is much much better than recent years.

I am glad Vasy is back to being very good, and maybe he deserves credit for elevating goaltending around the league but it seems like with elite goaltending seemingly all over the place paying a large chunk of salary cap for a goaltender is not the correct move in the current meta.

 

[TampaIceman]

We lead the league in goals per game, not bad for a team getting goalied in half of its games.

 

[Felonious Python]

 

[Hoek]

 

[Sky04]

When he's down people blame the defense so when he's up the defense should get credit too right?
Ryan McDonagh has been outstanding the last 8 games and a +18 in that span, no surprise his departure/re-arrival has coincided with Vasy's swings.

 

[ccman68]

In the top 5 now

 

[Hoek]

When he's down people blame the defense so when he's up the defense should get credit too right?
Ryan McDonagh has been outstanding the last 8 games and a +18 in that span, no surprise his departure/re-arrival has coincided with Vasy's swings.

Definitely a big part of it but I was one who was criticizing some of the softies he gave up and lack of big saves and he's turned that specific part around himself lately.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

8th season in a row with 30 wins

 

[bigdaddio]

Can we not see the first 40 minutes Vasy ever again?

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

39th career shutout for Vasy

He jumps Kari Lehtonen, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Sean Burke, and Tom Barrasso into the Top 50 for shutouts

38. Miikka Kiprusoff - 44 so
38. Ryan Miller - 44
38. Mike Smith - 44
41. Gump Worsley - 43
41. Craig Anderson - 43
41. Connor Hellebuyck - 43
44. Charlie Gardiner - 42
45. Marty Turco - 41
45. Semyon Varlamov - 41
47. Frank Brimsek - 40
47. John Vanbiesbrouck - 40
49. Jocelyn Thibault - 39
49. Andrei Vasilevskiy - 39


Also Top 30 in wins tonight as well with career win #324

20. Andy Moog - 372
21. Pekka Rinne - 369
21. Tom Barrasso - 369
23. Carey Price - 361
24. Evgeni Nabokov - 353
24. Rogie Vachon - 353
26. Cam Ward - 334
27. Nikolai Khabibulin - 333
27. Gump Worsley - 333
29. Harry Lumley - 330
30. Andrei Vasilevskiy - 324