Poll: Canucks Fans' Faith In Luongo

mwahahaha, first vote :P
i think restructuring is needed.

Sean…I am with you.

I find that article a trifle insulting.

You might have noticed that a once good reporter like Matty has become a bit more…Glann Beck like in his articles.

Dude just needs something to talk to B mac about. He is a radio “star” now.

I voted under pissed. Luongo should have his best year this year.

If Gillis’ plan is to compete for a Cup in the next five years (which, with the roster set in place right now, seems to be a pretty resounding yes), then Luongo is one of the goaltenders out there that is worth the money. That being said, a restructured deal would allow the Nucks more cap flexibility towards the latter stages of that contract.

It probably comes down to cap hit. If the Nucks could, in one fell swoop, reduce his cap hit and term than it would be phenomenal. If a reduced length means a higher cap hit, then I would just stick with what is already in place.

I will not vote in this poll since it’s already been guaranteed by the esteemed Beantown Canuck that Lu’s contract is no way in hell being voided. That being said, I will say that I’m very happy he’s our goalie and I anticipate I will continue to be for quite a few years.

of shitty Clouts goaltending, I vowed that when the Canucks got a good goalie, I would never support going back to just okay goaltending.

NEVER EVER EVER!

And that is why I own a Lu jersey and I want him to stay.

there’s still no other player on the ice who can do as much to win a game for you as the guy in the net. It just makes sense to start there and build out — a concept people seem to understand in other sports. For a contrast, would any sports reporter have ever argued that because the Patriots won a Super Bowl with a rookie sixth-round pick starting at quarterback, therefore you don’t need a really good quarterback to win big?

Would you really be comfortable with a Niemi-Schneider combo?

That says it all right there. All the wannabe knowitall fans who don’t actually know shit and only want a reason to bitch are quick to jump on the ‘trade luongo’ bandwagon. One of the nice things about being here is most posters here have at least a clue, if often differing opinions. Luongo is BY FAR the best goalie out there today. He had two shaky seasons? Only shaky on the luongo meter…those two seasons wouldn’t even be called shaky on the Kiprusoff meter, and much as I hate him for being a flame, he’s no slouch between the pipes. So many Vancouver Canucks fans are just an embarrassment…they hear Pratt or Cox or Willes diss any one canuck’s skill level and instantly jump on the hater wagon, without actually taking time to look at facts. There is no goalie in the league today that I can think of that I’d want over Luongo to take us to a cup. Now if only Vancouver media and weak minded fans would lay off, he would have that one less distraction.

Alright, Botchford has my back I see.

And this is great stuff by him:

Of the five Stanley Cup championship teams since the lockout, three of them were backstopped by high profile netminders. There was Cam Ward (now a $6.3 million cap hit) in Carolina, Marc-Andre Fleury (now $5 million cap hit) in Pittsburgh and JS Giguere (now in Toronto, his cap hit is $6 million) in Anaheim.
It’s true, all of them made significantly less when they won than what they will earn this year. But when the Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup, Eric Staal’s salary was $942,000. When Anaheim won, Ryan Getzlaf was making $714,400. When Pittsburgh won. Evgein Malkin’s salary was $984,200. Last year, Jonathan Toews salary was $850,000.
Interesting that you don’t hear anyone suggesting teams can’t win in the NHL with big-money centres.

what kind of regular season the guy had/has, it’s about the fact that he’s folded under 2nd round pressure two postseason’s in a row.