Be smart next season about it, and what I have to change during the offseason, during the season just to stay more fresh.” I don’t normally like to take too much time off, but at the same time I understand that it’s something I need right now. "Something we didn’t have the last few years. “More opportunity to prepare your mind and body for the next season properly,” Vasilevskiy said. Vasilevskiy, 28, plans to rest for the next five to seven weeks. He's still a young man, keeps himself in terrific shape but the mind's got to heal and I think that will be probably be the best part there." You take a few months off, his body will heal. “So, he's probably being a little harder on himself. “At some point will it take a toll? I'm sure it does," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said of Vasilevskiy's heavy workload. However, the Lightning have been impacted by salary-cap related player losses over the past couple of seasons, including standout defenseman Ryan McDonagh. 915 save percentage during the regular season were his worst since the 2015-16 season. Vasilevskiy's goal-against-average of 2.65 and. “We’ll find out next year if it was too many games or just something else,” Vasilevskiy said. He went 34-22-4 in 60 regular-season games this season, but lost 12 of his final 20 outings. Vasilevskiy started 71 playoff games as Tampa Bay won the Stanley Cup in 2020 and 21 before losing to Colorado in last season's Final. So, if I want to be a workhorse I have to recover well.” This season really showed me that I have to be smart about it. “All those small injuries came out at the same time. “The first 30, 35 games, I felt as usual but then me and my body weren’t on the same page, I guess," Vasilevskiy added. “My mistake was that I didn’t really pay attention to my recovery,” Vasilevskiy said on Tuesday, three days after Tampa Bay was eliminated by Toronto in a first-round playoff series. (AP) - Tampa Bay Lightning star goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy doesn't know if the heavy workload over the past four seasons is to blame.īut in the second half of this season he feels as if his body let him down.
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