FrozenJagrt
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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.
You've got it backwards Dom.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.
I mean that strikes me as pure luck so part of me is a little confused as to the borderline praising him as a God for this. But I can't deny that looked really cool. Save of the year from what I've seen.
(just so people don't think I'm intentionally being down on Vasi because of some underlying bias, I do think he's a top 2-3 goalie in the league. I also think most of the most visually stunning/impressive saves through the years had some element of pure luck. Here Vasi had no eyes on the puck and was digging with his feet hoping to pull the puck out and he got it right. I think there's a lot to say for his flexibility and refusal to give up on the play but this was an easy play for even the most talented goalie to **** up.)
I'll take your word for it. If it has been done with regularity then that is a rather unique trait among his peers.He's done things like that before, and he'll do it again. I don't think he's quite the best goalie in the league just yet either, but I do think his "desperation mode" is near Hasek-level. He does weird things to stop pucks when it seems like pucks can't be stopped. And he does it enough that I don't think it's a coincidence. He gets better and better as he learns to rely on positioning more than reflexes, and as his rebound/game control gets better. In a couple of years, I don't think there'll be a better goalie in the league. He's still getting better, IMO. Developing consistency.
The shot/scoring chance #'s are impressive on their own but when you add in our highdanger conversion rate it makes the #'s unbelevableHe put on a clinic against the Leafs.
Could have put 100 shots up after the 1st period and he would’ve stopped them all.
I'll take your word for it. If it has been done with regularity then that is a rather unique trait among his peers.
Again, I am a big fan of Vasi. As goalies go he and Gibson are among my favorite players in the NHL. Fleury joins that group more on personality (and bias) than pure talent (it actually spins me out to see Vegas fans or players say something like "he's the best goalie in the world" like...I love the guy but no he isn't).
You can be a good goalie and still be worse than John Gibson and Freddy Andersen lmaoHe's alright. Over rated. Probably will lose him due to Tampa's #Capageddon. Andersen and Gibson are better.
Idk if I would say he stole the game. Tampa did score 4.He was incredible tonight. I haven’t seen a goalie steal a game like that in a while.
Vasy easy isn't a top goalie in the league. Easy 20 better goalies, because my algebraic advanced calculus mathematics percentile/60*12000 stat says so. I prefer that over watching hockey.You can be a good goalie and still be worse than John Gibson and Freddy Andersen lmao
63% Corsi 49-21 shots 21-9 high danger scoring chances. I’d call that stealing a gameIdk if I would say he stole the game. Tampa did score 4.
Imagine using Corsi to judge a single game in 2018.63% Corsi 49-21 shots 21-9 high danger scoring chances. I’d call that stealing a game
I'm not so sure how good your reading is but I clearly used more statistics that just Corsi. To score only 1 goal on 21 high danger chances is pretty rare and would point to a stellar goal-tending performance. I'm not really sure whats so hard to grasp here...Imagine using Corsi to judge a single game in 2018.
Vasi didn't steal the game. He made the score more lobsided than it would have been. But the Leafs lost by 3, not 1. They needed 4 more goals to win.
Shot location overrated the quality of the Leafs chances. The vast majority were along the ice - they challenged Vasi high very few times, and you don't score many goals in the NHL along the ice. So yeah - don't really care what the heatmap says.I'm not so sure how good your reading is but I clearly used more statistics that just Corsi. To score only 1 goal on 21 high danger chances is pretty rare and would point to a stellar goal-tending performance. I'm not really sure whats so hard to grasp here...
I don't think i've ever had to work so hard to compliment a player.Shot location overrated the quality of the Leafs chances. The vast majority were along the ice - they challenged Vasi high very few times, and you don't score many goals in the NHL along the ice. So yeah - don't really care what the heatmap says.
Vasi played well. Definitely had 2 ten bell saves that stopped sure goals. That still leaves the score 4-3.
Shot location overrated the quality of the Leafs chances. The vast majority were along the ice - they challenged Vasi high very few times, and you don't score many goals in the NHL along the ice. So yeah - don't really care what the heatmap says.
Vasi played well. Definitely had 2 ten bell saves that stopped sure goals. That still leaves the score 4-3.