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Curious: Panthers president has “important dinner” in Vegas while Roberto Luongo is in town

Roberto Luongo

Vancouver Canucks’ goalie Roberto Luongo walks to the dressing room to talk to reporters and attend a team meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Tuesday April 24, 2012. The Canucks, who finished in first place overall in the NHL this past season, were defeated by the Los Angeles Kings in their first round NHL hockey playoff series four games to one. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)

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The trade rumors that continue to rumble between the Florida Panthers and Vancouver Canucks added a bit of curiosity today.

Florida Panthers team president Michael Yormark tweeted seemingly innocuously that he was on the road this week and had a “very important dinner” in Las Vegas set for Monday night. That seems all well and good, team presidents often have to do important business on the road.

Yormark-Vegas Tweet

Wait, Roberto Luongo is in Vegas at the World Series of Poker? Huh... How about that. It must be a happy coincidence that the president of the team interested in acquiring a player is going to the city where said player is holed up for another event.

I’m sure Canucks GM Mike Gillis, the same guy who had tampering charges filed against Leafs GM Brian Burke in 2009, won’t be keeping an eye on either Yormark’s Twitter account or @strombone1 to see if there’s any shenanigans.