Andrei Vasilevskiy
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Tampa Bay Kiwi
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He should get a contract offer the minute after he confirms he will be coming to the North America. He has already said he will be coming over for next season and wanted to this season but his KHL team wouldn't release him.
CarpeNoctem
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I love Bishop right now but I see a very good chance of us moving him in 2-4 years because of Vas. He projects to be as good or better and is far younger. He could be our solid #1 for 15-18 years.
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CarpeNoctem
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Of course that's true. He'll be in the AHL 1-2 years and then it depends how he does as a back up. No matter what, we stick with Bish for 2-3 years minimum.
Tampa Bay Kiwi
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But Vas isn't 6'7"
On a serious note, either way we have a good trade chip down the line.
CarpeNoctem
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Very true, Kiwi. If Vas develops according to plan and Bish stays this good, it could net us the D we've been wanting.
Tampa Bay Kiwi
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Goalies havn't held much value lately but I still expect we can get a nice piece in return when the time comes.
On another note, I remember Yzerman once saying that Vas' upside is Jonathon Quick. Loving the depth the Yzerplan has created!
Still at least 3 years from now. Maybe Lindback displays some good trade value between now and then too.
Also, would be pretty hard to upstage Bishop at this point. Who knows, Yzerman may decide to deal Vasilevski if Bishop wins a Vezina trophy or two
Also, would be pretty hard to upstage Bishop at this point. Who knows, Yzerman may decide to deal Vasilevski if Bishop wins a Vezina trophy or two
Lindback is very inexperienced at the the Pro level (only 4 AHL games) and is getting a lot better lately, and is a year younger than Bishop. IMO his upside is the same as Bishop (1a goalie). Vasilevskiy upside is an elite #1 goalie, but this is just a projection; a lot can happen to a goalie in 3 years.
Anyway a good problem to have (3 potential starting goalies).
Anyway a good problem to have (3 potential starting goalies).
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I love how the article implies he chose the KHL over the Lightning organization when he already had a KHL contract in place so we couldn't even throw an offer at him. Even though the Article implies that we did.
Tampa Bay Kiwi
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Yeah, it's a bit of a joke. Just look at the kids mask. It has the Lightning Bolt and is in full bolts colors. He genuinely seems excited to officially join the Lightning organisation next season.
LTIR Trickery
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I'm like 95% sure that is exactly how it didn't happen. He was told to honor his contract and stay another year.
Its not that we weren't allowed to offer a contract - we could have, but you don't want to burn bridges with these guys, especially the ones running teams that SY played with for years and got to know.
I just looked up the helmet you were talking about... that is a sweet helmet. At least the kid knows how to choose a good helmet design haha.
and the article definitely got it all wrong. Andrey said all along that he was staying in Russia until his contract expired. There never was a doubt from us for this year. Cant wait to see him and Gudlevskis next year in syracuse. We will have the hardest to pronounce tandem in all of the AHL/NHL
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I just looked up the helmet you were talking about... that is a sweet helmet. At least the kid knows how to choose a good helmet design haha.
and the article definitely got it all wrong. Andrey said all along that he was staying in Russia until his contract expired. There never was a doubt from us for this year. Cant wait to see him and Gudlevskis next year in syracuse. We will have the hardest to pronounce tandem in all of the AHL/NHL
Chief: Valvislevskiy... Viselvskiy... Voraceksky... Varlamov... TJ Vasilevskiy... Skivalov...
AlphaCatalyst
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Bob McKenzie just made a weird comment on TSN's WJC preview show. Something to the effect of: "The Tampa Bay Lightning are anticipating Vasilevski in their lineup maybe as early as the end of this year."
Note: He wasn't saying this was likely. He was just saying the Lightning are hoping to get him over here soon.
Caught me by surprise though, because I think McKenzie's probably the best "insider," and he rarely just throws comments out there that haven't been researched (that I've heard anyway -- someone could prove me wrong here). Not that I'm saying I think/hope this will happen. I'm just saying I didn't even think it was a possibility.
Note: He wasn't saying this was likely. He was just saying the Lightning are hoping to get him over here soon.
Caught me by surprise though, because I think McKenzie's probably the best "insider," and he rarely just throws comments out there that haven't been researched (that I've heard anyway -- someone could prove me wrong here). Not that I'm saying I think/hope this will happen. I'm just saying I didn't even think it was a possibility.
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If he does come over that early it would be incentive to:
A) Burn the 1st year off his ELC sooner so he's closer to a bigger payday
B) Have more time to become accustomed to the North American ice.
I doubt he would do anything aside from train with the AHL team though.
A) Burn the 1st year off his ELC sooner so he's closer to a bigger payday
B) Have more time to become accustomed to the North American ice.
I doubt he would do anything aside from train with the AHL team though.
CarpeNoctem
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I think that's very important. Having extra time to get adjusted to a different ice surface, while not having any in-game pressure might be invaluable to him. I'm sure he's a competitive kid but patience really is a virtue to goalie development.
I don't believe his ELC would start if he came over after his season ends. Junior players who's team is eliminated from the playoffs can join their NHL or AHL team and not have their ELC started.
Undrafted FA's, like Sustr and Brown, have there's started if they play any games in the NHL.
chasespace
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I believe it only works that way if the player has a contract prior to their season starting. If Vasi is signed in April and comes over and begins practicing with the team immediately then he burns a year off his contract. If he signs a PTO then that's another matter.
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