He got hung out to dry on those first few goals though. You ask your goalie can make one or two of those saves to keep the game within reach, but I'm not exactly ready to burn Vasy in effigy over letting grade A scoring chances get by him.
Player Discussion: Andrei Vasilevskiy
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This team is always going to give up "A" grade chances given the make up hence why Bishop was do valuable arw people only seeing this now?
We cant depend on goaltending anymore wins will have to come through purely offense.
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I think that's overstating it. Vasi is going to have growing pains, but he's also going to have those games where you see why we're investing in this kid.
He gets WAY too much **** for the bad games. There is a reason why there aren't a lot of 22 year old starters in this league. Despite some rough outings, he has decent underlying numbers and this season is not on him.
Whether Yzerman should have went with him as the #1 so early - that's up for debate. But it's not like Bish was a world-beater this year, and Vasi has had some really good stretches in there with the rough ones. He can win us games, and he rebounded nicely last night after a rough start.
He gets WAY too much **** for the bad games. There is a reason why there aren't a lot of 22 year old starters in this league. Despite some rough outings, he has decent underlying numbers and this season is not on him.
Whether Yzerman should have went with him as the #1 so early - that's up for debate. But it's not like Bish was a world-beater this year, and Vasi has had some really good stretches in there with the rough ones. He can win us games, and he rebounded nicely last night after a rough start.
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That's also a major part of development, too - he put his team in a hole, no question, but he was given a reprieve, and when the Lightning got outplayed in the 3rd period and gave up some dangerous scoring chances, he did his part to keep the game tied. That save on Kane was ridiculous.
He didn't have a good game, but he did his job late and gave them a chance to win later on. Those are confidence boosters.
He didn't have a good game, but he did his job late and gave them a chance to win later on. Those are confidence boosters.
...and I'd be just lenient on Bishop if he had. This isn't a Bishop versus Vasi thread though and nobody is arguing otherwise.
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Andrei Vasilevskiy prepares for starter's role with Lightning
https://www.nhl.com/lightning/news/...-for-starters-role-with-lightning/c-290736032
Ugh...
https://www.nhl.com/lightning/news/...-for-starters-role-with-lightning/c-290736032
Ugh...
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If anything I'm focused on what he did down the stretch after the trade deadline last year. Russia was stacked and often faced much weaker competition. Hopefully this is the year it all clicks for Vasilevskiy. We've seen him put it together in small stretches but I have no reason to not be optimistic.
Whatever the case we'll need him at his best.
Whatever the case we'll need him at his best.
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The king of Tampa has been named, and it’s Andrei Vasilevskiy. However, he may be the most criticized player on the roster. He started as the understudy to Bishop, who holds almost every single goaltending record in Lightning history. Following Bishop’ trade to Los Angeles, Vasilevskiy and Budaj rotated in and out to finish the 2016-17 season.
Vasilevskiy was drafted 19th overall in the 2012 NHL draft. Despite being second on the roster, the chance to step up became a reality when the Bolts wouldn’t have enough cap space to re-sign Bishop.
“I already know this season it’s going to be more on me. It’s going to be more responsible for me,” Vasilevskiy said in a statement. “I’m ready.”
http://lastwordonhockey.com/2017/08/25/andrei-vasilevskiy-lightning-starting-goaltender/
Vasilevskiy was drafted 19th overall in the 2012 NHL draft. Despite being second on the roster, the chance to step up became a reality when the Bolts wouldn’t have enough cap space to re-sign Bishop.
“I already know this season it’s going to be more on me. It’s going to be more responsible for me,” Vasilevskiy said in a statement. “I’m ready.”
http://lastwordonhockey.com/2017/08/25/andrei-vasilevskiy-lightning-starting-goaltender/
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Is this 12 year old your starting goalie? Don't get me wrong, the Flyers would love to have him. But he looks like a child.
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goalie stats are stupid. You can only compare goalie stats if both goalies are playing on the same team and against the same opponents and even then you got to have a much bigger sample size of games. With this sample size he could possibly have still been playing at a vezina level in those games and still have those stats
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