Originally Posted by
andrewklassen
Luongo has always been a really consistent G. The problem is two-fold: a) VAN is a city very fickle with their G, and b) his [and the team's] performance in the playoffs hasn't necessarily been bad, but has always just failed to get them over the hump. Losing 3 straight seasons in the playoffs to the team that would eventually go on to win the CUP is heartbreaking...and everyone wants to point the finger somewhere.
Ultimately, as a NUCKS fan, I don't even particularly care who they trade, but they have too much salary sitting on the bench on any given game night for this to continue indefinitely. If anything this boosts Luongo's trade value in a BIG way and it doesn't hurt to showcase this.
By the end of next summer [at the latest] one will be dealt and we can put this saga to bed.
I agree with all of these points. I'm not a Canucks fan but they love to rag on Luongo. Lu is a top 10 regular season goalie during his time in Vancouver and he was 1 win away from the Stanley Cup. Now he's never had that big playoff run that you need from your goalie to win a cup and it's been especially painful to Vancouver fans because the last 2 seasons the Cup winner has had a Conn Smythe winning goalies.
They need to trade 1 because having that much cap space tied up in goaltending is insane. If I had to pick one goalie for this year I'd give the edge to Luongo however when factoring in age, contract (big factor), and fans I give the edge to Schneider. The flip of that is Schneider is a young very hyped stud on a very cap friendly deal so the return for him would be much larger than Luongo. Its easy to see how the Canucks could trade Schneider for a good package to improve their forward core and still be very solid in net with Luongo.
12 team H-2-H 1 year league, daily roster changes, 3 goalie start minimum/week
2xC, 2xRW, 2xLW, 4xD, 3xUtil, 2xG, 5 Bench
G, A, P, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, W, SV%, GAA, SVs
C: C. Keller, C. Mittelstadt, B. Nelson, R. Strome,
LW: K. Connor, B. Tkachuk, J. Gaudreau, J. Marchessault, E. Rodrigues, A. Lafreniere
RW: K. Fiala, J. Bratt, T. Jeannot V. Arvidsson
D: R. Josi, J. Trouba, E. Gustafsson,
G: L. Thompson, F. Gustavsson, V. Vanecek
NO IR