Vasilevskiy’s Vezina Win Comes With the Full Voting Paper Trail

When a star goalie wins the Vezina, the next question is usually how the voters separated the elite from the merely excellent. This story puts the ballots under the microscope, which is where awards become less ceremony and more audit. Vasilevskiy’s case was strong enough to win, but the voting breakdown tells you how close the rest of the pack really was. For anyone who loves the politics of NHL awards, this is where the receipts matter.