Vasilevskiy Save of the game? Night? Year?

[LightningStrikes]

Can we talk about how unfair it is that Tampa has Vasilevskiy in the first place? Yes, anyone could have drafted him. But it's amazing how everything they touch turns to gold.

Vas was #19 in the 2012 draft. Plenty of teams had the chance to pick him.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Hard to say what he is at this point. Phenomenal start to 17-18 but really sucked down the stretch. Fine in the postseason and to start this season. Then an otherworldly performance last night. He definitely has the tools to become an elite goalie, he just has to get more consistent and not have a stretch like Jan-Apr. so for now he’s an average starter or so but the upside is clearly there and he showed why last night.

Wrong. Hes already elite.

 

[slikki]

Copycat Kiprusoff

 

[SF91]

Doubtful. Your defense looked no better than the Leafs last night and this physicality you speak of was nonexistent. Difference was pretty much Vasilevskiy and that's all.

Vasy was clutch no question- 20 softies still means many incredibles saves. But we shall see on the D physicality piece, which was lightning kryptonite against Caps and Pens in last ECFs. Leafs are generally soft and would venture that certain Leafs fans agree

 

[JoVel]

Can we talk about how unfair it is that Tampa has Vasilevskiy in the first place? Yes, anyone could have drafted him. But it's amazing how everything they touch turns to gold.

If there's something "unfair" it's that we basically traded Steve Downie for Vasilevskiy.

 

[AllAbout813]

Pretty lopsided trade:

Downie for Quincey who was then traded for the 1st rounder that turned into Vasi.

He always was clear he wanted to play in the NHL, but I still suspect the KHL factor scared some teams away..

 

[The Macho King]

Pretty lopsided trade:

Downie for Quincey who was then traded for the 1st rounder that turned into Vasi.

He always was clear he wanted to play in the NHL, but I still suspect the KHL factor scared some teams away..

Vasi at 19 makes me forget of the dud of a pick we made at 10.

 

[AllAbout813]

Vasi at 19 makes me forget of the dud of a pick we made at 10.

You just made me throw up a little. Oof.

 

[These Are The Days]

Can we talk about how unfair it is that Tampa has Vasilevskiy in the first place? Yes, anyone could have drafted him. But it's amazing how everything they touch turns to gold.

Wanna hear something else?







This is really gonna piss you off.......








Downie->Colorado for Kyle Quincy->Quincy to Detroit for 1st round pick


Then....

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Actually he’s probably an above average starter. Hard to say with some of the elite backups though. He’s 12th in GSAA among the 29 goalies with 2500 5v5 mins since the start of last season despite the diminishing returns of GSAA on goalies with extreme xSV% like Vasy. (Only Dubnyk has a higher xSV% than him among those goalies, and the only goalies in the top 10 xSV% who are top 10 in GSAA are Raanta Rinne and Varlamov). So Vasilevskiy could be a top 15 goalie but he needs more consistency for me to move him higher than that.

 

[AllAbout813]

Actually he’s probably an above average starter. Hard to say with some of the elite backups though. He’s 12th in GSAA among the 29 goalies with 2500 5v5 mins since the start of last season despite the diminishing returns of GSAA on goalies with extreme xSV% like Vasy. (Only Dubnyk has a higher xSV% than him among those goalies, and the only goalies in the top 10 xSV% who are top 10 in GSAA are Raanta Rinne and Varlamov). So Vasilevskiy could be a top 15 goalie but he needs more consistency for me to move him higher than that.

Lol. Never change Dominic.

 

[Mallard]

Insane

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Lol. Never change Dominic.

The interesting thing is that if you lower the minutes cutoff to 1000 Vasilevskiy drops to 23rd in GSAA despite higher ice time being able to lead to higher GSAA for goalies with a positive dSV%. This combined with the fact that only 15 of the aforementioned 29 goalies with starter minutes have a positive GSAA leads me to believe there isn’t actually much of a gap between starters and backups in the NHL.

 

[ToDavid]

Vasi was so f***ing annoying and yet so f***ing impressive at the same time last night.

 

[DFC]

Vas was #19 in the 2012 draft. Plenty of teams had the chance to pick him.

Al Murray strikes again. The other big goaltending prospect that year was Malcom Subban.

 

[The Macho King]

Al Murray strikes again. The other big goaltending prospect that year was Malcom Subban.

I think there were quite a few mocks that had us taking Subban, but most recognized that Vasi was the best goaltending talent. First rounders on goaltenders is risky, though (see, e.g. Subban that year).

 

[HTFN]

So much for "I am not the octopus".

 

[DFC]

I think there were quite a few mocks that had us taking Subban, but most recognized that Vasi was the best goaltending talent. First rounders on goaltenders is risky, though (see, e.g. Subban that year).

Yeah, I have vague memories of the same thing (the mock drafts), because I remember the pick being a surprise to me, since I don't really follow undrafted prospects, but I was aware of Subban (Canadian media). This was also before we realized how good our drafting was going to turn out, so I don't think Al Murray was a TB-fan household name just yet.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

Damn that wasn't even just lucky he was tracking that puck when it went behind him and angled his foot to scoop it out... I couldn't bend my legs like that if my life depended on it

 

[Hockey Crazy]

My neck hurts from all the head shaking I was doing last night...

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

He's special! Channeling his inner Hasek. Man I miss Hasek..

 

[22Brad Park]

Tampa goalie played superb.But honestly when I look at him I wish a team would request a measurement of his pads or something .Seems so damn big in the net.

 

[justafan22]

Only save I remember similar to that was the brodeur scorpion

 

[The Macho King]

Tampa goalie played superb.But honestly when I look at him I wish a team would request a measurement of his pads or something .Seems so damn big in the net.

Yeah - he's practically Giguerre back there.

 

[Absolut]

Damn that wasn't even just lucky he was tracking that puck when it went behind him and angled his foot to scoop it out... I couldn't bend my legs like that if my life depended on it

My son is a junior goalie. He has mentioned before that Vasi has an almost supernatural puck tracking ability. I've never played the position, so I can't even begin to understand. Any former goalies here? How does he know exactly where the puck is, when it's behind him?