Thursday, May 9, 2013

The Winners and Losers of Goalie Magic

Despite Ilya Bryzgalov's theory I can confirm
Goalie Magic is not extraterrestrial.
The Vezina Trophy candidates were announced yesterday and our three finalist include two undrafted free agents and a goalie drafted 205th overall. This got me thinking. When was the last time the Vezina winning goalie was a first round draft pick? Obviously it was Martin Brodeur but how about before that? It was Olaf Kolzig in the 1999-2000 season. I went ahead and looked at every Vezina winner compared to every Hart Trophy winner since 1992 related to where they were drafted.