I sure hope Vancouver has an escape clause with Luongo because he is not the goalie that they signed a few years ago. In the early days Luongo used to let in the odd easy goal but more often that not, he would come back and steal the game with his brilliant play. It is that "brilliant play", that is for the most part missing. Talloola has been very patient with me because I wanted to dump Luongo some time ago and Tall was Luongo's most consistant supporter.
I'll come back to Luongo if he wins the next three games and brings home the Stanley Cup. Hell, I'd be satisfied if he won the next three games and played in the Stanley Cup final.
Just to get one more thing off my chest, Could somebody stop Burrows from diving all over the ice? Burrow's diving is probably causing us to take penalties, penalties we can't seem to handle.
If you watch Burrows closely most of his falls to the ice
are just that, falls, when he has to really extend himself
with his skating, he shows his weakness in the game, and
that is his 'skating', he has always fallen too much, and
sure maybe some of it is diving, but the majority is just
clumsiness, as he can't stay on his feet when he is having
to turn quickly when going fast, especially on the boards.
He hasn't taken many penalties in the playoffs.
As far as Luongo goes, I just like to keep in the middle
when giving an opinion about him, as, when he is really
good, I don't get too high, and when he stumbles and doesn't
play that well, I don't like to get down on him too much.
Last night he certainly wasn't the only one who wasn't
playing their best, and I don't want him to have to save
games, I used to hate it when we had poorer teams, and our
goalies would often win the game for us, like anderson has
been doing for colorado, and that is not my idea of enjoyable hockey.
If he continues to fumble and stumble till the end of the
playoffs, don't know what to say about him then, it's a
head scratcher.
We will just have to wait till next season to see if he comes
out much better, and if he continues with this less than
stellar goalkeeping, then the management has a big problem,
as they have him signed to a long term contract, and Gillis
will have to figure that out. I'm glad we still have Schneider, as he will be on the team next year as luongo's
back-up, a very young and talented goalie, and if he has
to go in to replace luongo, he can get more and more ice
time, and eventually become the full-time goalie, so it's
not all that bad for the team, just for the bottom line.
I don't know of any escape clause, other than continuous
poor play, and that would speak for itself, even from
Luongo's perspective, because he won't be happy either if
he continues to play at the level he is right now.
Yeah, and I will be happy if he stays sharp enough to win
this round, because it has become shaky, although if we
can grind out one more win, then it will be all tied up,
then it is best out of 3, with home ice advantage again.
Just want to add,(and this is looking way ahead), if gillis
has to get very bold concerning Luongo, and even if he came to
a point where he had to trade him somehow, it is not 'his' mistake
as it was Nonis who brought luongo here to begin with.
Juan, I'm glad I have more patience with Luongo than you,
and others around here, he needs me, or else all of you
would have rounded up the posse and he would be hanging
high long ago.
lol lol
