Canucks-Luongo Have Reached Deal On Extension - In Principal *UPDATED*
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2009 3:22 PM PDT
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PrintAccording to Sportsnet, the Canucks and Roberto Luongo will agree to a deal before the September 13 deadline set by Roberto himself. There's just some minor tweaks that they are working out. If Sportsnet is correct we can expect an announcement soon. Excuse my cautiousness, but I'm not going to jump up and down until it is officially done.
*Update* The Vancouver Sun has contacted Mike Gillis, who is fishing on the Queen Charlotte Islands, and Gillis refused to confirm the story.
"I'm not confirming and I'm not commenting on that but I remain confident we'll have an agreement in place before training camp," he said.
Gillis then closed his cell phone and was attacked by a bunch of naked hippies.
*Update* Sept. 1: Luongo, who is still in Montreal told the French CBC site: "I can not confirm anything for now, but I can tell you it's going very well in the negotiations," Luongo called the 10-12 year length "possible". More on that here.
Is this really news? M'eh, not really. I don't care if it is or isn't. I'm getting excited about the potential deal! I hope Gillis goes the 10-year route with the front-loaded contract and an overall cushion on the average yearly cap hit.
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I don’t really call this news, as Gillis has been saying something to this effect for quite a while (we are very close).
What I really want to know is how is Gillis gonna get under the cap with enough room for Sundin in the next month.
That’s going to be the amazing part. What he says he’ll do though. He is a man of his word
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
…And by minor tweak mr luongo means a 15 year deal (front loaded of course, go with the precedent damn it all)
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 31, 2009 3:33 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I don’t think so. I think they were further apart last week than now. Minor tweaks don’t include a 5 year differential in length of term. This is news because the deal is practically done.
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
fine
A golden toilet? A golden comb? He gets to punch vigneault in the face once a season as long as its (a) a non holiday and (b) his kids aren’t around?
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 31, 2009 3:40 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Maybe the retire his jersey number now…name the stadium after him…serve only spaghetti and lasagna at games.
Don’t fuck with the Italian mafia, man :)
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I got it: horses heads in kane’s bed.
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 31, 2009 3:49 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah. You get to the border, the officer closes his window and ducks..and a car pulls up and 5 guys pump 1000 bullets into your body
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Guesses (realistically) as to what the tweaks are? Captaincy? Incentives perhaps?
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Gotta be a bonus in there for Vezina/Jennings/Conn Smythe/Stanley Cup
Hasn’t just about every NHL contract Lu has signed had those clauses in them already?
by Bobby Canuck on Aug 31, 2009 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Not sure. You got a link to that info?
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2009 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
You got a link to that info?
Me? No. I’m not all that great at navigating the internets.
by Bobby Canuck on Aug 31, 2009 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I like hearing rumours like this, I will be very happy if the deal get’s confirmed.
Intrerested to see the terms.
Let's speculate....
I say 6 years at $7.7 million per season cap hit.
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought he was cool with taking less to better the team. You gotta sedin brother that number!
6.2 for 6 yrs. And that horses head thing.
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 31, 2009 3:51 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
More Good Times:
Luongo:……and I want Marvin Gardens, Pennsylvania Avenue, Park Place and Boardwalk.
MG: Deal. You still want Oriental Avenue too?
Luongo: Nah, give it to Raycroft. Cory gets Kentucky Avenue.
(MG and Roberto shake hands)
/this past week has been Christmas for Nucks fans.
Just don’t give him the electrical grid. When you control the utilities….you control the world.
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 31, 2009 3:58 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
And Conneticut and Vermont. Yeah I remember.
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
There you go…design a Monopoly-Vancouver Edition
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
can’t help but notice the placement of a few teams on the board…..
toronto as boardwalk?
montreal as park place? okay, maybe a little…
st. louis is worth more than canucks??
how are the sharks and canes at the bottom?
then again, it is a board game….
GO CANUCKS GO!
Well, the Blues should be ahead of the Canucks. They have been in the League longer and have made playoff appearances MUCH MORE
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Canucks are ahead of all of the NWD...
And the orange properties are the best anyway.
by kentcheesehead on Aug 31, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s all about when the game was made..
Habs should be Boardwalk.
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha! In the Monopoly World Edition, Vancouver has higher property Value than Toronto! Based on a voting system, Montreal and Riga were Boardwalk and Park Place respectively.
To avoid any controversy, you can customize your own NHL monopoly game
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Go, Naked Hippies!
Ain’t much in the world that’s more fun!
(Yeah, I’m from Salt Spring Island. Your point?)
There’s more naked hippies there than on the Queen Charlottes. I live 3 hours from the QCI. I should go track Gillis down. His boat probably tipped over.
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2009 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
You live in Hecate Strait?!?
Dude…. it’s a seven hour ride on the ferry. Do they have cell coverage yet? They didn’t when I lived there, or the last time I visited (I think it was 2006 or something).
No no no. I live southeast of QCI…inland
by Sean Zandberg on Sep 1, 2009 1:52 AM PDT up reply actions
An aside
Why does everyone in the NHL fish? Seriously, it’s not that enjoyable. Unless they are 20 sheets to the wind and, in that case, I appreciate the near uniform appeal.
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Fishing is a great relaxing escape from reality. I went fly fishing for the first time this past weekend and I gotta say…loved it.
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2009 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I know a lot of folks who like fishing, but I think I am too much of a spaz to sit still. Deep sea fishing with some drinks though is entertaining.
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 31, 2009 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Unless you happen to be one of those sad cases that happen to get skewered by a marlin, swordfish, etc., from time to time.
I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.
No I don’t think I’ve ever caught anything that wasn’t a crab (don’t read into that)
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 31, 2009 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
As a NY’er I must say: Plaxico’s gun incident was the absolute best thing, even Giants fans agreed. Damn near killed himself, lost his job and is now going to jail all for going to a club where he was a VIP already. Just sheer brilliance, they should name an award after him.
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 31, 2009 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
The Darwin Awards already exist. Trouble is , you have to suffer ‘death by misadventure’ to win.
I've seen enough to know that I've seen too much.
I wonder which guy takes up something softer, like gardening.
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 31, 2009 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasn’t that the running back with the Lions a couple years ago? Missed some practices and said he was gardening…two weeks later he was traded.
Yes, I want to see Avery with a needlepoint group
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 31, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah..just woke up from a nap. I heard that too. The rumor keeps floating that it’s in the $6.5 – 7 million range as well. If that’s the case, some Twitter people need jobs at TSN
by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2009 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Sean, I am hearing 10 years at 50-60 mil.
So, the Cap hit will be between 5-6 mil.
Friggen’ Awesome!
vancitydan
At this point only believe that a deal is near. I’m not paying attention to numebers. But I will say that I think he’s gonna get an average cap hit of $7.5 million. Just my 2 cents.
by Sean Zandberg on Sep 1, 2009 1:57 AM PDT up reply actions
TSN Headline on its NHL Page:
“Around for a Luongo Time?”
Pat yourself on the back and take the rest of the day off
if you’re the copy editor that cooked up that pun,
you certainly earned your keep today.
Starting September off on the right foot
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by Yankee Canuck on Sep 1, 2009 3:55 AM PDT up reply actions
This is the first I'm reading the Sun's story but...
Internet speculation on a Roberto Luongo contract signing — fuelled by a Twitter missive attributed to the man himself — surged Monday night, but Vancouver Canuck general manager Mike Gillis wasn’t taking the bait.
Internet speculation? That’s a fake Twitter account, c’mon. We’re not seriously blaming blogs for this when the main stream media stlll can’t figure out Twitter are we?
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If this turns out to be false, and the MSM turns around and blame the blogs, when it was Sportnet that originally reported that their “sources” report the signing starting the discussion, it will be another nail in their credibility coffin.
I kind of hacked that Luongo guy on Twitter. What an idiot. Geez, CKAC radio stated it first, then Sportsnet. What in the hell is that article talking about?
by Sean Zandberg on Sep 1, 2009 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Now that I read the whole thing...
It did get out of control in many ways. That was a free punch by Province at Vancouver Sun though. Nice.
by Sean Zandberg on Sep 1, 2009 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions
The punch was for good reason, definitely.
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by Yankee Canuck on Sep 1, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Well at least I kept it objective (subjective, cautious?)
by Sean Zandberg on Sep 1, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Province and Vancouver Sun are run by the same company, any punches are 100% facetious (faker than eminem vs bruno)
doesn’t mean their writers can’t hate each other
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by Yankee Canuck on Sep 1, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
The Vancouver Canucks have yet to officially announce they have re-signed their captain, but several reports suggest the two sides have agreed on a four-year contract extension worth an estimated $28 million.
That from CTV News site. Geez I can’t wait for this to end. I hope that’s not the deal either.
Mine was 100 years at 800k per. Choke on that CBA.
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by Yankee Canuck on Sep 1, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Well he is a god. He’ll still be alive then
by Sean Zandberg on Sep 1, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, when Lui is signed, is Schneider trade bait? Is Raycroft (shudder) this year’s backup? And who mans the goal in Manitoba if the aforementioned goes down? Seems Gillis is stocking up The Moose to be winners as well as the parent club.
Can’t be, not after all this work. Schneider is the back up unless he fumbles at which point we take the cheapest option (Raycroft) at the deepest position on the team. Not bad work really.
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by Yankee Canuck on Sep 1, 2009 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Gillis & Schneider should both want Schneider to play some NHL games and do well and look good, esp early in the year, so I expect to see him play in a fair number of them for a while.
If he shines then he can be traded and get on with his career and the Canucks can get some value in return. If he doesn’t shine, he’s got a problem.
Play where? With the Canucks? He’s not going to get much time there. No way in hell they lower Lou’s playing time methinks
by Sean Zandberg on Sep 1, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions
In the State of the Franchise presser, Gillis sounded pretty into the idea of having Shneider as the backup.
I agree with MG again.
I think its time to see what he can do. playing 12-20 games in Vancouver is better at this point than another stellar year in the AHL.
He needs to be an NHLer in all aspects, methinks…
vancitydan
oops!
Gadzook…
Did I really?
I’ll be over here in the sin bin…hope you guys can kill the minor…
Sorry Coach…
vancitydan
Oh, Smoboy41 hates that word, huh? 12 games is all Schneids would get, IMO
by Sean Zandberg on Sep 2, 2009 2:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Sportnet now reporting 12 year deal, it's official!
$’s still not being reported.
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