Lightning sign 2012 first-round pick Andrei Vasilevskii
lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=718171
lightning.nhl.comPosted May 6, 2014, 8:38 PM UTC
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lightning.nhl.comand the Lightning European Goalie Carousel^TM spins round and round
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It's not like Russian goalies won them a Cup or anything.
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How many fucking goalies do you need, Tampa?!
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At least 4. Vasilevskiy is probably our long-term, franchise goalie though. It'll be interesting to see him play on North American ice
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I've been saying it forever... The kid has hall of fame potential. He and Bishop should make the best 1a and 1b the league's seen in a long time.
If we retain Bishop, anyway.
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More than Franz Jean can ruin
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I cannot overstate how excited I am for this kid. A lot of people weren't sure if he'd come over, but now that he's here, he's going to do a lot of great things in the AHL with Gudlevskis. He'll probably play there for 1.5-2 years, then come up to Tampa
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People weren't sure he'd come over? He's been wearing a Lightning themed mask for a while now.
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Apparently before the draft many teams were very unsure he'd come over. If they knew he'd come, he would've probably been a top-ten pick. We lucked out. It's not about him personally, just the stigma from being Russian. Kucherov would've also gone higher too. I always knew Vas would come, but I didn't know how long it would take. The lightning mask was always reassuring
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This kid is going to be great, Panthers need to draft their heir pretty soon
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I've been waiting for this since the world juniors in Calgary. Not a TBay fan, but watching him play goal is a thing of beauty. His lateral movement in his butterfly is just beautiful. No other way to describe it.
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I, for one, welcome our new Russian overlord.