Ainec
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You can make a case for anyone in the top of the league statswise, what makes Vasilevskiy better than the others.
TBF Budaj has only played like 3 games. We're riding Vasi hard right now.
I feel like he's been mentioned a decent amount from what I've seen. Its hard to ignore what he's done this season. As good as Stamkos, Kucherov and Hedman are, the team has been riding him hard and he's arguably just as valuable if not moreso. The Vezina is one of the few awards where an established reputation doesn't seem to matter as much, and I think he, Bob and Quick are the early front-runners. Crawford too if he comes back quickly. Still lots of hockey though
Vasilevskiy early favorite for Vezina TrophyWhere has he been mentioned for Vezina talks? Care to provide sources, genuinely curious
Dude, we get it, you hate Vasi. You have been the biggest hater of him on hf Tampa for a while. Give him a break. This team still has some of the effort problems that plagued it last season but the difference is that now we have Vasi in net to bail us out. He is a really good goalie.Vezinalevskiy? I prefer Trashilevskiy, Vasilolskiy, Vasievelevskiy among other names.
We should give him some rest. Bishop never had a healthy playoff run with us and I don't want to see our starter hurt again.
Just keep going as you've done so far. He sucks. Worse than Lindbäck.I'm afraid if I start posting nice things about him his body will crumble.
He could win itHe's only 23 (2012 drafted like Matt Murray), which is very young for a starting goaltender. And he's currently leading the league in save %, and wins. Since last season I believe amongst all young goaltenders that he's the best, or at least tied with Matt Murray.
He's also got the pedigree of an elite goaltender
- .950 stellar WJC u20 performance
- drafted in the 1st round
- World Championships gold medal
- World Championships best goaltender
- consistent career elite #s
Do you see him beating out someone like Bobrovsky and winning the award?
Oh yeah, Peter Budaj's #s in Tampa is .867 and 3.75 GAA (almost 2 more). Far cry from his LAK .917 and 2.12 GAA
He could win it
But, if we are talking about elite young goalies, John Gibson deserves to be in the discussion just as much. Gibson was only drafted a year earlier, and over the time frame given (I would assume you mean the start of the 2016/17 season), he has a better save percentage, but on top of that is beating his expected save percentage by a bigger margin than Vasilvesky is. Gibson expected save percentage is 90.76% but he posted a 92.29% while Vasilvesky has an expected one of 92.06 but is posting one of 92.19%. He beats him in all catergories of broken down save percentage of low-danger, medium-danger and high-danger. This isn't to knock Vasilvesky. Over that time frame, Gibson arguably grades out as the 2nd best goalie in hockey behind Bobrovsky, if you look at stats such as Goals Saved Against Average.
He's only 23 (2012 drafted like Matt Murray), which is very young for a starting goaltender. And he's currently leading the league in save %, and wins. Since last season I believe amongst all young goaltenders that he's the best, or at least tied with Matt Murray.
He's also got the pedigree of an elite goaltender
- .950 stellar WJC u20 performance
- drafted in the 1st round
- World Championships gold medal
- World Championships best goaltender
- consistent career elite #s
Do you see him beating out someone like Bobrovsky and winning the award?
Oh yeah, Peter Budaj's #s in Tampa is .867 and 3.75 GAA (almost 2 more). Far cry from his LAK .917 and 2.12 GAA
Where has he been mentioned for Vezina talks? Care to provide sources, genuinely curious
Do you see him beating out someone like Bobrovsky and winning the award?
Vasya may have nice stats, but I would say it because of the team. His rebound control and ability to make a glove save are just not good enough.
Sample size? Playing mostly when the team is on back to back?Why doesn't Budaj have nice stats? ?