They may not all wish to trade for him and he may not wish to be traded to every team on that list but you can be sure that a decent fit for all three parties will be found. And yes the Canucks will probably be taking salary back in the deal but let’s not forget that Joffrey Lupul was a ‘salary dump’ pretty recently.

As for having a decade left on his contract, you me and everyone else who pays attention to the league know he won’t play out the string – another pointless comment.

Whatever you think about Luongo’s trade value, there’s absolutely no issue with holding onto him to wait for the right deal. This player obviously has no issue suiting up for the Canucks again and the team have no issue with him so they can just roll with two elite goaltenders like they did last year until the right deal materializes.

And perhaps even after that’s done Luongo may remain a Canuck for months; the fact is he signed a lifetime contract and part of that includes committing to playing for your team even if you’re not guaranteed a spot as top dog, even if you’d rather be playing somewhere else.

The Canucks haven’t jerked Luongo around here, they are actively looking to move him to a situation that’s right for him and he’ll have an opportunity to approve that deal before it goes through. He’s not going to be targeted by some bush league tactic (like threatening to waive him) so there’s no real reason to think the Canucks have compromised their reputation here as a class organization that is committed to treating players fairly.