Is Vasilevskiy good enough to take Bolts to Cup?

by Gary Shelton on June 7, 2015 · 0 comments

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Lightning could count on Vasilevskiy to pull out a win.JEFFREY S. KING

Lightning could count on Vasilevskiy to pull out a win/JEFFREY S. KING

Sunday, 8:15 p.m.

Odds are, Andrei Vasilevskiy doesn't have a clue about who Jeff Hostetler is. Old Hoss wasn't quite the rage in Russia.

He probably doesn't know about Magic Johnson, either.

Or Doug Williams.

The lore of backup athletes who have stepped in on the way to a title is probably lost on Vasilevskiy, the young goaltender who may well be forced to play in front of the net in

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