With less than two weeks to go in the 2015-16 regular season, time is running out for the NHL's goaltenders to make their cases for consideration for this year's Vezina Trophy.
Per NHL.com, the Vezina is decided by votes from the league's 30 general managers and is awarded to "the goalkeeper adjudged to be the best at this position."
My Bleacher Report colleague Steve Macfarlane last assessed the Vezina landscape in this piece from early January.
Since that time, Roberto Luongo of the Florida Panthers and Jake Allen of the St. Louis Blues have lost their spots in the main rankings to a couple of Western Conference upstarts. Macfarlane's honourable-mention selections—the New York Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist, Pittsburgh Penguins' Marc-Andre Fleury and Minnesota Wild's Devan Dubnyk—have all continued to play well and guided their teams into playoff spots, but they remain one level below this year's top contenders.
It's worth noting—those top contenders are all Vezina virgins, looking to take home their first award. Here's a look at the men who will be in the running for the hardware at the NHL Awards in June.
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