Andrei Vasilevskiy Talks Greatest Goalie Of All Time, Kucherov's Conn Smythe Comments | 32 Thoughts

Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy joins 32 Thoughts with Elliotte Friedman and Jeff Marek to discuss who he thinks some of the best goalies of all time are, how he looks at his career and how he has matured in the league.
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[@fluntimes]

As an Avs fan, maximum respect for the way he showed up in the playoffs. Outside of Game 2, which was a freakish thing to see, Vasi played as advertised and gave us nothing. Class act.

[@BlackMasakari]

"in my opinion: we can talk after retirement". Nothing more needs to be said :) Always fun interviews, TY Elliotte and Jeff, and Andrei.

[@jamesseelye1866]

Vasy has so much class, and his flashy saves are unbelievable. As good of goalie as he is, his most important attribute is his humbleness.

[@johnl2613]

Lebron said hi. Just kidding lol

[@abntemplar82]

and being flexible like Gumby. i love watching him play he is one of my favorite active goalies.

[@jeannettesmith4100]

I love goalies. Vassy is so humble and down to earth. I noticed he likes to talk about other players more than himself. He is so adorable ❤🏒🥅

[@PumaTomten]

Spot on Vasy! Consistency is the key for being among the best in a 100 year old league. Brodeur, Roy, Hasek, Belfour, Lundqvist, Luongo, Fleury were all the absolute top from late 90s over two decades

[@m00rtin4]

Rinne

[@rolieg81]

Kipper

[@oli_ctu]

Price

[@uncledamfee2347]

@@rolieg81 as a Sharks fan In agree

[@reggiepathak9684]

He has 2 cups one vezina? Whats his gaa past few seasons in post season close to 4 lmao. Hes costing the lightining this series against the leafs by himself hes beenbrutal. Hes no way near roy broduer belfour fuhr hasek ect they dont choke like this guy does in the playoffs

[@CKC298]

You guys should do a dinner / event where all the great goalies get together and talk! Like Roy, Brodeur, Vassy, Flower, etc. I would watch the heck outta that!

[@mrv6968]

After Vasi lost to Colorado and finished the handshakes, he was so pissed as he went into his dressing room he threw his glove and yelled an expletive. They were talking to the #1 guy who hates to lose.

[@Alex-tj2tg]

He cryed like little 🐕 about it 😂

[@Kmartsmart]

Vasi is too humble to say it but you’re right; he hates to lose the most

[@Fallahh]

FACT: Andrei Vasilevskiy won the Stanley Cup after defeating the Montreal Canadiens 1-0.

[@01TA]

Delightful interview and makes me appreciate him even more. Humble is good!

[@seitergirl]

This is what class looks like!!

[@caseyherring4060]

humility is a rare trait these days one of the best right here

[@Jay-do4rv]

Vasy is the best goalie in the nhl

[@infinite_simal_]

NYR wants to: • know your location

[@Jay-do4rv]

@@infinite_simal_ igor is probably 2

[@infinite_simal_]

@@Jay-do4rv I think so too, but rangers fans don't think so

[@Jay-do4rv]

@@infinite_simal_ like vasy said be consistent for multiple seasons. Igor had one great season, let’s see if he’s consistent with it

[@infinite_simal_]

@@Jay-do4rv I hope so

[@user-zd5ny4eu9c]

Ken Dryden won 6 Stanley Cups over the course of a ten year career. Arguably the most successful goalie of all time. His regular season stats were 258 wins 57 losses 74 ties. 2.24 GAA and .922 SV%.. His Playoff record was 80 wins and 32 losses. 2.41 GAA and .915 SV%.

[@Fallahh]

FACT: Andrei Vasilevskiy won the Stanley Cup after defeating the Montreal Canadiens 1-0.

[@user-zd5ny4eu9c]

@@Fallahh Vasilevskiy is awesome, no doubt about it...

[@canadiantraveller281]

Dryden was a beast, but hard to compare generations. They weren't really athletes back then. I've watched hockey since 77, and I think of Hasek, Fuhr types, and if Pelle hadn't made that fateful mistake....

[@1Individu]

Cool interview, thanks

[@PROPHYZ]

Absolute class act and one hell of a goaly.

[@alinaperry3488]

Vasy is adorable! He’s the best in the world, yet he’s still so humble! That’s one of the many reasons I love Vasy so much!💙⚡️

[@scarlettmitchell-zy2lm]

A deep in my heart Ully fan but respect to this guy, his humility and talent

[@jamesdiato]

8:50 omg I appreciate hearing that name again.

[@nirvanaguitar]

His frontal Brow is huge! Love vasy!

[@Kmartsmart]

I think this Vasilevskiy guy has potential. If he keeps it up I wouldn't be surprised if he becomes a pretty good NHL player one day.

[@732852971]

Im not so sure, we should wait a bit. Dont be hasty with those conclusions...

[@mattfinley4544]

Way too early to tell but I agree

[@GoBudsGo]

Vasy is such a legend. 6:28 Great question Elliotte, now that they've been eliminated from first round and the unbelievable ways they lost especially games 3 and 4...and 6...all in OT...at home ice...

[@jayanderson7508]

This guy literally sits in net when we're losing no matter if it's close of a blowout, Vasy hates to lose and I love watching him sit there no matter the situation

[@abntemplar82]

got to agree with his ideas on active goalies and i love how humble he is a true professional. but if i had to say best goalie of all time never played in the NHL, he became a goalie coach after the cold war in the nhl but never played. Vladislav Tretiak.

[@jmoriarty8000]

So you can’t say he’s the best

[@abntemplar82]

@@jmoriarty8000 why not?

[@85blutch]

@@jmoriarty8000 The Soviet Union humiliated NA teams on a regular basis, wether it was against a national team or NHL team, the soviets were better. Tretiak was an amazing goalie, he just happenned to retire before russians were allowed to leave for the NHL

[@emersonslater8144]

@@85blutchhe never wanted to leave 😂 and wanted all Russians to stay in Russia….

[@Fallahh]

Greatest tendy to ever lace em up.

[@PeteNice29]

It's tricky to compare eras ranging from when there were three good players per team using wood sticks, to entire rosters able to score using top notch technology. My point is, today, winning 2-3 Cups is equivalent to 6-7 from eras past.

[@day1avsfan907]

Roy with 4 Cups and 3 Conn Smythes is the 🐐

[@MuirGreg]

Hasek gets credit for carrying bad Sabres teams but nobody seems to remember that neither Montreal team was supposed to win the Cup. The first one he took the starting job and led them to a cup and conn smythe at 20 and the second cup montreal set a record with 10 OT wins. Not only is he a clutch winner he paved the way for a new goaltending style.

[@day1avsfan907]

@@MuirGreg this^¡¡¡

[@Terminator6364]

Impressive but to me Hasek came to the league 25 years old, a new culture, new language etc. Winning Vezina 6 times, playing for Buffalo while Roy and Brodeur in their prime playing for dynasties. Add 2 Hart and 2 Lester B. Pearson and another 4 nominations. Lowest GAA of all in playoffs since the 1950s and highest sv% of all time. His two best sv% playoffs tops Roy and Brodeurs best years. Also carrying his country to olympic gold medal. You can argue for Roy and Brodeur they are for sure all time greats but Hasek was slightly better.

[@Terminator6364]

@@MuirGreg Not supposed to win but Montreal 1986 had all time greats like Chelios and Robinson, future hall of famers like Carbonneau and Gainey. You can also add 1 P/PG players like Naslund and Smith. Claude Lemieux was great aswell. Buffalo 1999 had no hall of famers, their best offensive players were Zhitnik and Woolley, they both produced 0.71 Points per game. 43 players had a better % that playoff. 1993 was an upset for sure they had talented guys like Damphousse, Desjardins & Leclair. 3 times Stanley cup winner Mike Keane. P/PG players like Muller & Bellows and leaders like Carbonneau and Savard.

[@Fallahh]

FACT: Andrei Vasilevskiy won the Stanley Cup after defeating the Montreal Canadiens 1-0.

[@StonedSpagooter]

One could argue he is the best hockey player on the planet as well

[@Skynexstar]

I get where you're coming from but there should be a big distinction between players and goalies, positions are just too different.

[@andrewmoulton7429]

Not really that close to McDavid and Makar

[@QenaitheCustodianGuard]

Nope

[@DoppaD]

Greatest goalie of all time... Hasek

[@MotoMaximus]

Not even close..

[@DoppaD]

@@MotoMaximus LOL!

[@Fallahh]

FACT: Andrei Vasilevskiy won the Stanley Cup after defeating the Montreal Canadiens 1-0.

[@RandomHockeyFan123]

@@MotoMaximus Lol 😂

[@Gh0st______________]

vasy vasy vasy ⚡👏👏👏👏💙💙⚡🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@ryandorn6792]

The big cat

[@clydeblair9622]

Did he say Tretiak? I couldn't understand. Most would have, even Dryden.

[@85blutch]

Yeah, a russian not mentioning Tretiak is surprising to me, he was a beast

[@nizeshvazhmi]

Вася - Молодец! ... ну.. ладно, Андрей!

[@emersonslater8144]

Cups and Wins let’s Go 😂💯💯💯

[@carlosxv3739]

We love our Russian players in Tampa… Leave politics out of our sport

[@FloridaHockeyFan]

dude looks like he came out of a star trek episode.

[@ronhextallslovechild]

He never mentioned Hasek because of his recent comments about Russia.

[@rijig6540]

Hasek is f...n "Fashist" nazi 👨 💩👉👌

[@almightyjagsosa]

Cuz hasek is dust

[@markandersen5867]

That's a dumb reason, Hasek's comments have nothing to do with what he did on the ice.

[@Fallout3131]

@@markandersen5867 That's kind of Ironic, because what Hasek said should have nothing to do with the ice either. Hypocritical.

[@mrfake675]

Hasek is the GOAT 🐐 🙌 STARBOUND LOVER

[@richardcalisi9188]

classy and humble

[@NotExplicable]

Roy, Hasek, Brodeur. Price, Vasi, Henrik. Price at his peak might be equal to Hasek considering the fact that he almost Goalied two cup runs with a terrible team.

[@Fallahh]

FACT: Andrei Vasilevskiy won the Stanley Cup after defeating the Montreal Canadiens 1-0.

[@TheHat--Man]

​@@FallahhFact: price is more consistent than that idiotic russian

[@PVTShell]

Just like there is a "before Babe Ruth and after Babe Ruth" time in baseball, there is also "before Patrick Roy and after Patrick Roy" in hockey. Roy is the all time GOAT. Much respect to Vasy, great instincts, flashy glove. He is very good......but his 5 hole is big enough to drive a zamboni through.

[@jmoriarty8000]

Brodeur is the goat

[@paolorossi5989]

Hasek is the goat.

[@stentorofsparta3576]

Leagues best goalie. It’s not really debatable. I hear a lot about that guy in New York which makes sense cause it’s not like they have cups to talk about.

[@FUmfKOODA]

Delate no more high🤣😁🤣😁pk x +orange🤣😁🤣😁🤣😁Tempon bay sux. 🤣😁🤣😁TEMPON BAY SUX🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

[@randomperson4535]

like vasy said, it’s all about consistency. igor had a great season last year but he’s been average this year

[@mattfinley4544]

He's very overrated. Look at his stats.

[@stentorofsparta3576]

@@mattfinley4544 look at his rings.

[@MrEdSharp]

Tretjak

[@ThunderHockeyTFL]

Buddy looks like Frankenstein

[@eaa4773]

Based on consistency alone, Brodeur's gotta be on the list for best goalie. Then you add 3 Stanley cups, and records for most wins and most shutouts, and you have the greatest goalie... which is still Brodeur.

[@Terminator6364]

Most wins is the most overrated stat

[@lucarossi9453]

@@Terminator6364 yea it is , still good to have those bragging rights but thats on the team also not just the goalie

[@alexlivingstone5853]

he is John Wick the babayega

[@jean-michel8307]

The greatest of all time.. cmon. Marty, Roy and Luongo would say no

[@siniaura]

Nothing wrong hating to lose, but its not ok for coach (former actor) to work the refs 50min per game, star players getting violent and lazy when down (spec colorado series, and penalty fishing. And biggest diva in NHL, kutcherov.

[@TheNumberTwelve]

Friedman looks so tiny

[@user-wg6im5th7r]

Pelle lindbergh

[@ciaronsmith4995]

Brodeur, Roy, Hasek and Luongo are the best I've seen. Consistency. Vasi is not close yet.

[@shawncordeiro5078]

nope hasek best save % plus on poor deffence 2 on 1 breakawys etc & cups, wins means rite place rite time

[@scummygoofball6587]

iconic forehead

[@ciaronsmith4995]

2:13 weird hand gesture..

[@WahlgrenProductions]

Wow... his brow is.... nEatherthaliac... kind of

[@alexkamensky2218]

Мэттью Макконахи ни дать ни взять

[@RandomHockeyFan123]

😂😂😂😂

[@haimo14228]

Typical Sportsnet clickbait. "Wow, he won two cups. He must be the best ever!!"

[@lunagamingco9837]

Best ever is such a relative term I fid really enjoy hearing vasy speak however. If love to hear interviews with other NHL goalies. I feel we font get to hear them as often

[@RegBell]

You guys don't know anything about hockey if you think Vasilevskiy is yet to be the best of all time.

[@BlackIjs]

Hasek, easy.

[@clydeblair9622]

He hasn't hardly played.

[@anordman9659]

The reason for the recent Russian success is that they copied the Swedish science-based goalie program in the 90´s and implemented it all over Russia. Now it starts to pay off.

[@davidfitzpatrick6535]

imo i think NHL may start to9 be hesitate to draft Russians born players esp if putin nukes Ukraine. this is a shame since these players prob have nothing to do with politics.

[@reggiepathak9684]

LOL he has two cups and 1 vezina. Look at his playoffs lately his gaa is almost 4 and hes awful this series against the leafs. Hes no way near roy broduer belfour fuhr hasek ect ect give me a break. Hes not even close to those guys

[@brexit9279]

The best NHL GOLIE of all time was SEAN BURKE. Sean just never played for a good team like all the others on your list!

[@Terminator6364]

Because he was not good enough for a better team

[@sebastianmasucci221]

Eliot freedman has somehow weaseled and faked his way up to the top. I listened to these questions and instantly thought why is this guy here.

[@geoffeuverman4674]

Dryden.6 Cups 9 years.Parent 74 75 Flyers.

[@Terminator6364]

Dryden 0 Hart & Lester 9 years

[@Fallahh]

FACT: Andrei Vasilevskiy won the Stanley Cup after defeating the Montreal Canadiens 1-0.

[@ak_7442]

holy neanderthal forehead

[@Christ_is_Lord_]

fivehead

[@ottomatic3123]

Lol, I noticed that too. I've never seen it before.

[@PumaTomten]

More brain than you for sure

[@user-ss9xl3lo3g]

its secret system for his mask!

[@seitergirl]

Are you 4?

[@fasteddie777666]

Ken Dryden , you may laugh at , but he won like 6 cups in like 9 years !!!!...I love the the fact that no one mentions Cowboy Carey Price.....because in my eyes, he sux !!!

[@Terminator6364]

Henri Richard won 7 Cups more then Gretzky so he much be better individually

[@Fallahh]

FACT: Andrei Vasilevskiy won the Stanley Cup after defeating the Montreal Canadiens 1-0.

[@mcj44]

lol you are clueless.

[@fasteddie777666]

@@mcj44 ahhhhhh....no....you are

[@fasteddie777666]

@@Fallahh Montreal wasn't even supposed to be there.....that's impressive in itself !!!...move on troll

[@user-gd9bi2hg5m]

хаха у василевского надбровные дуги как у неандертальца)

[@RandomHockeyFan123]

😂😂😂😂