Despite recent struggles, the Tampa Bay Lightning remain the favorite to win the Eastern Conference this season. Can any team in the East stop superstars Nikita Kucherov and Andrei Vasilevskiy as the Bolts make their latest push for another Stanley Cup?
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Let’s do a little forecasting as we get down to the final stretch of the season, beginning with the Vezina Trophy.
Let’s do a little forecasting as we get down to the final stretch of the season, beginning with the Vezina Trophy.
Mike Augello, I will go to you first.
Mike Augello, I will go to you first.
Who is your Vezina front-runner right now?
Who is your Vezina front-runner right now?
on the top, off the top of my head I’d say Andrei V- Vasilevskiy.
on the top, off the top of my head I’d say Andrei V- Vasilevskiy.
All right.
All right.
Michael Traikos, who you got?
Michael Traikos, who you got?
I’m going with Vasy as well.
I’m going with Vasy as well.
I’m surprised you went that way, Mike, but, like, when you look at Tampa Bay, guys, you know, we’ve talked about how decimated they’ve been all year- especially on the back end.
I’m surprised you went that way, Mike, but, like, when you look at Tampa Bay, guys, you know, we’ve talked about how decimated they’ve been all year- especially on the back end.
One of the reasons why they’re still, you know, one of the top teams in the East is, I think, because of Andrei Vasilevskiy.
One of the reasons why they’re still, you know, one of the top teams in the East is, I think, because of Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Like, he started off slow, but, you know, this has been a return to the Vasilevskiy that we’ve come to know in recent years where, you know, he has been a perennial Vezina winner, and, or at least a finalist.
Like, he started off slow, but, you know, this has been a return to the Vasilevskiy that we’ve come to know in recent years where, you know, he has been a perennial Vezina winner, and, or at least a finalist.
So it bodes well for Tampa Bay.
So it bodes well for Tampa Bay.
And, you know, I know there’s a lot of other great options.
And, you know, I know there’s a lot of other great options.
Like, you could split hairs between the two guys in Colorado, maybe Logan Thompson even.
Like, you could split hairs between the two guys in Colorado, maybe Logan Thompson even.
You know, Brandon Bussey’s had a great year.
You know, Brandon Bussey’s had a great year.
But for me, you know, I, I think Vasy’s the guy to go, the guy to get it, I mean.
But for me, you know, I, I think Vasy’s the guy to go, the guy to get it, I mean.
Sorokin.
Sorokin.
Fair enough.
Fair enough.
Sorokin.
Sorokin.
I was gonna say, y’all sleeping on Ilya Sorokin from the New York Islanders, who has the, not only the playoff spot, but he is the highest goals saved above expected in the NHL.
I was gonna say, y’all sleeping on Ilya Sorokin from the New York Islanders, who has the, not only the playoff spot, but he is the highest goals saved above expected in the NHL.
So, there’s a little love for Ilya Sorokin for all you Isles fans out there.
So, there’s a little love for Ilya Sorokin for all you Isles fans out there.