89mogilny Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 My question to the board is that exact question of the thread? This is not a luongo bashing thread at all, all athletes pass their prime at one point or another, Luongo was the king in vancouver the first three regular seasons in Vancouver. The first two years, the canucks were an absolute joke when he was here, the only reason why the canucks made the play offs that year was because of Luongo and they won the division and Luo gift wrapped a Jack Adams trophy to AV. That was Luongo's best play offs ever as a Canuck, the game 5 against the ducks, ive never seen a goaltending peformance in a single game like that since i started watching hockey and if it weren't for the scott niedermeyer goal/jannik hansen/referee play, win or lose Luongo would have had ppl talking for years...the canucks missed the play offs the following year after a late season colapse, wasnt luongos fault more of dave nonis fault and now he's serving coffee for brian burke on a daily basis. Anyways, the following year thats when the canucks became a contender and were stacked on all three postions. Luo had an amazing year and was the main reason why the canucks were the team to beat but with three minutes left in game 4 against Chicago up 1-0 with the chance of taking a strangle hold of the series Luongo let in a weak Havlat shot from the top of the circle and the rest is history. Ever since that game and the games after, Luongo has been labeled the weak link on the canucks and that was a far cry what he did for us the first three seasons and first three play off rounds of his career. AFter that his regular season play hasn't matched up to what he did when he first arrived in vancouer, his play off performances have been on and off, he plays great in games and then he stinks up the bed the next two games. Anyways i wish him all the luck in the world and the one thing i hope he changes is his accountabilty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV. Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksFanMike Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 When he signed that damm 12 year contract which expires when he is fricken 43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Um, I'm not too sure he has yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombastik der Teutone Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 may after the SCF against Boston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 may after the SCF against Boston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdubuya Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 I have to say I completely agree with the OP. I think you answered your own question. In terms of physical prime I'd have to say after his first season here. I think his years of stopping shot after shot in fla probably blackburned him out a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vancouvercanucks#1 Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Who said he past his prime...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex the Great Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Um, I'm not too sure he has yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_314 Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 may after the SCF against Boston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleasingLeeJK Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 When you weren't looking...jk all jokes aside, I think he was at the peak of his prime when he got injured in the Anaheim series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
î мцšт вяздк чфµ Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Canuck Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 I'm gonna miss the guy...he's the best goalie we've ever had! He deserves to be treated better and I hope he wins the cup wherever he goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmotamed Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Simple answer... He didn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurf47 Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 I don't believe Lou is past his prime but I think young, technical and more athletic goaltenders can do things Lou can;t due to his physical limitations. Teams study goaltenders on video...and Lou is too predictable and an easy read. He cheats on positioning and thats why teams fire pucks at him from any angle. Hes not a bad goalie, just not as consistant game to game as we need. Lou could hear the train coming(Schneider) and hes leaving to be a #1 elsewhere. Hes still too good to be a backup but not as good as Schneider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler's Nose Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 When you weren't looking...jk all jokes aside, I think he was at the peak of his prime when he got injured in the Anaheim series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Canuck Lady Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 I am one of the few fans in Vancouver that thinks he still has a lot more to give. Past his prime? I really, honestly, whole-heartedly don't think so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmpunk Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Never. If anything if Lu gets moved he will have a solid year next year and if anything I see him having 1-2 awsome years as he gets older and becomes that much more motivated and desperate for a cup. Lundqvist had the same mentality this year that got him a vezina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANGO Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 the day before he was signed to that bloated 12 year contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckNORRIS4Cup Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 The day after he was handed the C, ever since Luongo was Captain everything went wrong. Unfortunately Luongo being Captain was probably the biggest mistake for him, it changed him in ways that were negative instead of positive, in my opinion he hasn't been the same goalie since he was given the C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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