Dan Vladar, Logan Thompson and Scott Wedgewood emerge as Vezina snubs
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Updated · Fox News · Apr 30
Dan Vladar, Logan Thompson and Scott Wedgewood emerge as Vezina snubs
10 articles · Updated · Fox News · Apr 30
The omissions came after the NHL named Ilya Sorokin, Jeremy Swayman and Andrei Vasilevskiy as finalists for the goaltending award.
Vladar went 29-14-7 for Philadelphia, Thompson posted a .912 save percentage for Washington, and Wedgewood had a 31-6-6 record with a .921 mark for Colorado.
The critique argues playoff qualification, workload and team strength were applied inconsistently, leaving strong statistical cases outside a finalist list that has already drawn debate.
Better stats, more clutch wins: How were three of the NHL's top goalies snubbed for the Vezina?
With analytics and voters at odds, what truly defines the NHL's best goaltender today?