Written by Sam Blazer at Bloguin
You can almost never get NHL award predictions right during the preseason, so it is always smart to check in during the season and see just how dumb your predictions turned out to be. As always, you will have a couple of surprises but you will also have the normal stalwarts performing ahead of the pack.
Which goalies are starting to pull ahead in the hunt for the Vezina?
The Leaders
Henrik Lundqvist
It may come as a surprise to some, but Lundqvist has only won the Vezina once in his illustrious career. While playing on the hyper competitive New York Rangers is no easy task, he makes it look like an absolute cake walk. Lundqvist this year leads the league in wins with eleven, save percentage with .943 and total saves at 492. Many have described the early start of the Rangers season as unsustainable but if anything is certain with the Rangers it is that Lundqvist has the ability to sustain something like this all season long. Life is easy when you are the king.
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