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rdfred
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Seward, AK
Joined: 09.27.2005

Feb 2 @ 9:56 AM ET
No kidding. Love him but stone hands. He's like Kessel with a heart, 2 balls and backchecks
- Bieksa#3


C'mon, joking about cancer is tacky -- at best. Penalty: Leafs ban: you must watch the next 7 Leafs game and no Canucks games. Starting now.
RF_4eva
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Fosco's son, BC
Joined: 09.11.2012

Feb 2 @ 9:58 AM ET
Didnt watch the game until the shootout cuz i knew lu would allow a goal in third....
I hate lu
prock
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Bobby Ryan + 1st rounder for Clarkson, ON
Joined: 08.30.2007

Feb 2 @ 10:15 AM ET
Didnt watch the game until the shootout cuz i knew lu would allow a goal in third....
I hate lu

- RF_4eva



why? He's the better of the Canucks two goalies right now, easily. Of course, that leaves you with a $4M red headed backup that can't stop a beach ball right now.

Screwed if you do, screwed if you don't.
whipper334
Calgary Flames
Location: The man they call Reveen!!
Joined: 01.06.2010

Feb 2 @ 10:31 AM ET
I love Bobby Louuuuuuuuuuu!!!
Canuckfan2006
Vancouver Canucks
Joined: 02.24.2006

Feb 2 @ 10:39 AM ET
Well. I burned all my bridges with all my oiler friends.

Can I kick it with you guys?


- Deadmau55

tears of JOY ...where have u been , bro
Boinker
Vancouver Canucks
Joined: 10.24.2010

Feb 2 @ 10:53 AM ET
lol at Canucks fans wanting to settle for Bozak, Colborne and a 2nd. Also, I don't understand why everybody is just jumping back on the Luongo bandwagon. What did you think he was a pooptty goalie or something? He's one of the better goalies in the league, of course he's going to play well. He seems to have matured, which is nice. That extra time off was good for him. I hope Schneider get's the start. We need to have both goalies playing confidently. Schneider needs his work.
Boinker
Vancouver Canucks
Joined: 10.24.2010

Feb 2 @ 10:56 AM ET
why? He's the better of the Canucks two goalies right now, easily. Of course, that leaves you with a $4M red headed backup that can't stop a beach ball right now.

Screwed if you do, screwed if you don't.

- prock


Schneider is better. You don't know sh*t. Schneider had one bad game and that was the first game of the season. We have two top ten goalies. It's nice to have. But Schneider is better. Better technique...more athletic and a better head on his shoulders.
Boinker
Vancouver Canucks
Joined: 10.24.2010

Feb 2 @ 11:01 AM ET
It's so stupid how media and fans just live by a flavor of the day mentality. I find it hilarious. The media is saying "it's a whole different ball game being a starter, he's not ready" and the fans are saying "trade Schneider" He's player four (frank)ing games and his last three games he has a .932% His first start against Annaheim brings that down. Since when is a .932% not being able to stop a beach ball?
Boinker
Vancouver Canucks
Joined: 10.24.2010

Feb 2 @ 11:07 AM ET
I'm not saying we can't trade Schneider, it's a possibility, but we'd have to get over payment to do that. And over payment on Schneider is astronomical.
thundachunk
Location: Help
Joined: 12.31.2011

Feb 2 @ 11:09 AM ET
Actually.... think about this... AV's shelflife is almost over. Unless he wins one or two rounds, there will be calls for his head.... right about the same time that, once Toronto misses the playoffs yet again, Nonis will fire RC and hire AV.

you heard it here first.


- Beatle_john
... and I think Nonis is also on thin ice..
.

I think the whole culture in TO is on thin ice, major changes need to be made.
thundachunk
Location: Help
Joined: 12.31.2011

Feb 2 @ 11:13 AM ET
I miss the days where the Canucks had Tommy Larshied and John Shorthouse.

We were so spoiled in Vancouver and never really appreciated the tandem.

With so many different play by play people and channels, you miss the identity and trust in the announcers.

I do not mean "homer announcers", just there is no identity and it always feels like an away game.

- Beatle_john

Jim H wasn't bad when he was here either then he went to the eastern graveyard Tom and John were a great tandem.
VANTEL
Joined: 07.03.2010

Feb 2 @ 11:14 AM ET
lol at Canucks fans wanting to settle for Bozak, Colborne and a 2nd. Also, I don't understand why everybody is just jumping back on the Luongo bandwagon. What did you think he was a pooptty goalie or something? He's one of the better goalies in the league, of course he's going to play well. He seems to have matured, which is nice. That extra time off was good for him. I hope Schneider get's the start. We need to have both goalies playing confidently. Schneider needs his work.
- Boinker



No one thought he was a bad goalie. The fans were taken for a ride and still are. The media reports Lu is gone ,you see interviews with him saying he would be happy to let go the NTC . You hear him saying he would like to play in Florida.

They fans were getting unemotionally attatched at this point fully expecting a Luongo trade.We were all getting ready for the new chapter in Canucks history.

In this case 1+1 does not equal two ,it equals 54 or some other bizzar number. This story has more twists than a contorsionists underwear.

Most fans are here saying, tell us who our number one goalie is and we are behind them .
Byfuglien Ate Me
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Burger King
Joined: 09.24.2010

Feb 2 @ 11:21 AM ET
Question, not trolling. why the Hell would you trade Lou now when he is playing well and the team is doing well despite injuries? Why not let his stock Rise and trade him at the deadline?
1970vintage
Seattle Kraken
Location: BC
Joined: 11.11.2010

Feb 2 @ 11:22 AM ET
Jim H wasn't bad when he was here either then he went to the eastern graveyard Tom and John were a great tandem.
- thundachunk


Jim Robson anyone?

I used to listen to him on my Walkman Sport AM/FM radio during night classes in University. Tough to follow the lectures and everyone looked at me funny when I shouted Le But.

Shorthouse does the TV broadcast now, so you still get him most nights, not a big fan of Rick Ball.
VANTEL
Joined: 07.03.2010

Feb 2 @ 11:24 AM ET
Question, not trolling. why the Hell would you trade Lou now when he is playing well and the team is doing well despite injuries? Why not let his stock Rise and trade him at the deadline?
- Jimmy_wiener



Was Lu traded
Byfuglien Ate Me
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Burger King
Joined: 09.24.2010

Feb 2 @ 11:26 AM ET
Was Lu traded
- VANTEL


Yes, Van, sorry to break it to you he was. For Weiss and Theadore.
Boinker
Vancouver Canucks
Joined: 10.24.2010

Feb 2 @ 11:26 AM ET
Question, not trolling. why the Hell would you trade Lou now when he is playing well and the team is doing well despite injuries? Why not let his stock Rise and trade him at the deadline?
- Jimmy_wiener


I don't think he'll be traded now. I'd be surprised if it was at the deadline and I'm pretty confident it'll be in the offseason. There'll be more suitors then.
VANTEL
Joined: 07.03.2010

Feb 2 @ 11:27 AM ET
Yes, Van, sorry to break it to you he was. For Weiss and Theadore.
- Jimmy_wiener



I expect a trade to CBJ for Corey very soon. He won't be too happy riding the pine this year and we knew Lu was going to be solid for the next two years.
Byfuglien Ate Me
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Burger King
Joined: 09.24.2010

Feb 2 @ 11:31 AM ET
I expect a trade to CBJ for Corey very soon. He won't be too happy riding the pine this year and we knew Lu was going to be solid for the next two years.
- VANTEL


Who would you rather get back Mason or Bob???
1970vintage
Seattle Kraken
Location: BC
Joined: 11.11.2010

Feb 2 @ 11:32 AM ET
I expect a trade to CBJ for Corey very soon. He won't be too happy riding the pine this year and we knew Lu was going to be solid for the next two years.
- VANTEL


Won't happen, Schneider is the guy going forward. Lu doesn't want to be here anymore, Gillis will find him a new home, probably in the off season.
Boinker
Vancouver Canucks
Joined: 10.24.2010

Feb 2 @ 11:33 AM ET
No one thought he was a bad goalie. The fans were taken for a ride and still are. The media reports Lu is gone ,you see interviews with him saying he would be happy to let go the NTC . You hear him saying he would like to play in Florida.

They fans were getting unemotionally attatched at this point fully expecting a Luongo trade.We were all getting ready for the new chapter in Canucks history.

In this case 1+1 does not equal two ,it equals 54 or some other bizzar number. This story has more twists than a contorsionists underwear.

Most fans are here saying, tell us who our number one goalie is and we are behind them .

- VANTEL


Luongo started to decline the last couple of years. We all saw it. He looks better and refreshed now, which is nice. But look at Schneiders age and talent. He's our guy. So I wouldn't get emotionally attached again. Schneider fits with our current core and with our future (Jensen, Kassian, Schroeder, Gaunce etc) We could rirsk it and trade Schneider and hope to god Lack develops into a star goalie. But I'd hate to see us fall back into a goalie graveyard, once Luongo is past his prime.
Boinker
Vancouver Canucks
Joined: 10.24.2010

Feb 2 @ 11:34 AM ET
Who would you rather get back Mason or Bob???
- Jimmy_wiener


Gillis doesn't do Russians, so I'm sure he would take Mason as a reclamation project. He loves those.
Boinker
Vancouver Canucks
Joined: 10.24.2010

Feb 2 @ 11:36 AM ET
I expect a trade to CBJ for Corey very soon. He won't be too happy riding the pine this year and we knew Lu was going to be solid for the next two years.
- VANTEL


If we were to trade Schneider to Columbus it'd have to be a major haul. Either all of their first round picks in this upcoming draft(3) or Johansen and two firsts(NYR,LAK)
VANTEL
Joined: 07.03.2010

Feb 2 @ 11:40 AM ET
Who would you rather get back Mason or Bob???
- Jimmy_wiener



Because of cap reasons Johanssen and Bob
Canuckfan2006
Vancouver Canucks
Joined: 02.24.2006

Feb 2 @ 11:40 AM ET
Rick Ball, sounds better than Most of the CBC broadcasters....
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