Andrei Vasilevskiy is having a rough year. By now, you know that. Last week, we tried to figure out if the team’s defensive play might be part of the issue. We didn’t find any evidence to support that idea. If anything, we found evidence that aside from last season, Vasilevskiy hasn’t been great to this point in his career. He’s been well below average in goals saved above expected in three of the four seasons where he’s had a starter’s workload.
Today, we’re going to explore another possible explanation for his struggles. This is a much more nebulous concept to try to measure but we’re going to do our best to look into Lightning goalie coach Frantz Jean’s potential impact on Vasilevskiy’s development.