Comments on: Canucks expecting Luongo at training camp

By: dmartin5th

dmartin5th — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:14:17 +0000

I think people should give Bobby Lu a break. He’s an elite goalie but if he can give way to Schneider and let Schneider have a chance to shine, I dont see anything wrong with Bobby Lu being a backup goalie or splitting time 50/50 with Schneider. I agree that he is NOT washed up by any means. Look, I can name about six elite goalies who are backups, in which one of them is a Stanley Cup Champion. You got Brian Elliott of the St. Louis Blues, Martin Biron of the NY Rangers, Jason LaBarbera of the Phoenix Coyotes (and a former Canuck), J.S. Giguere of the Colorado Avalanche, and free agent Dwayne Roloson.

By: buffalo65

buffalo65 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:08:31 +0000

For Gardner and Kadri, I think he should stay in BC

By: kitshky

kitshky — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:54:59 +0000

Regardless of what happened, there was no chance of Luongo staying away from camp or sitting out.

By: Jaja..

Jaja.. — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:03:08 +0000

I think you can use your amnesty buyouts on every player of the team for two years.

Btw maybe nobody has to buy him out because i heart teams can now also make trades and keep up to 50% of the salary(cap) but don’t kill me on that one.

By: Jaja..

Jaja.. — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:00:30 +0000

+1 Toronto would be a nice place for him.

But i will not be surprised if he can still outwork Schneider and fight back to regain his number 1 role on the team if the trade can’t get made with a team.

By: h0ckeycoach

h0ckeycoach — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:45:49 +0000

Sorry. If he is traded he can be bought out.

By: h0ckeycoach

h0ckeycoach — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:45:06 +0000

He can be bought out next year.

By: somekat

somekat — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:37:35 +0000

Just for my own curiosity, does anyone know what happens with him if another team trades for him, in terms of, can he still be bought out? So if he was traded to the Leafs, for example, could they still buy him out next year? Or can you only buy out players you signed yourself?

By: h0ckeycoach

h0ckeycoach — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:33:33 +0000

Staying home is not the way to handle himself right now. He needs to be responsible and accountable towards teammates and the employer that signs the checks. The trade will come in due time. Anyway! He won’t get paid staying home, and he’s going to make things more difficult for Canuck mgmt to wheel and deal if he’s a no show.

By: fortwaynekomets

fortwaynekomets — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:27:37 +0000

I’d really like to see this guy play for the Leafs, as a fan of hockey!

To everyone saying this guy is washed up, mentally weak, whatever it may be… he most certainly is not!

Luongo gets this type of media coverage because he is just that good!

It will be interesting to see how Schneider runs the Canucks, with the half season, and his first as a starter, I believe he will be stellar!