King of the ES Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 You also have got to ask yourself why would we want to give Luongo away for next to nothing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiDeN Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 The answer to this question is far more clear than is the question of why Toronto would want to give up on Biggs. We don't want to pay $5.3M to our backup. Pretty easy and obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the ES Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 I am quite entertained by many of the Toronto fans who act like they would be doing us a favour by taking Luongo off our hands and how they really don't want him unless we also take some of their bad contracts off their hands. Yet, for a player who they keep saying is a bad deal, they just can't seem to shut up about it... nor can their beat writers. They act like they are owed Luongo somehow. If he isn't a good player, and he is on a bad deal... why keep beating on the drum for more than 6 months about it, including when there is a ban on trades? I know Canucks fans don't seem to write tens of thousands of posts about trades they DON'T want to make! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the ES Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 We can pay 8.8M for our goaltending tandem until the trade deadline or even the upcoming draft until we have a better return in a Luongo trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 I don't understand how you can honestly believe that Lu's value will increase as our backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the ES Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 I don't understand how you can honestly believe that keeping both goalies if MG can't find a good deal for Lu is a bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 It'll be a huge distraction and his value will decrease as he continues to age and not play a lot of hockey. Understand now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossi Vaananen Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 IT'S THE PLAYOFFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the ES Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 How will it be a distraction? It has been posted before that Luongo is a team player and is good friends with Schneider and the rest of the team. What if Schneider starts to crumble and Luongo comes in and dominates? Again, there is nothing wrong with keeping both goalies if we can't find a good deal for Lu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 It'll be a huge distraction and his value will decrease as he continues to age and not play a lot of hockey. Understand now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollumpus Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 It'll be a huge distraction and his value will decrease as he continues to age and not play a lot of hockey. Understand now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the ES Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 I understand that you believe what you want to regardless of the reality. Luongo was asked about this when he was interviewed just before scheduled training camp, as was Schneider. They both said basically the same thing.... they are huge supporters of each other and they can find a way to make it work until a deal gets done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 The answer to this question is far more clear than is the question of why Toronto would want to give up on Biggs. We don't want to pay $5.3M to our backup. Pretty easy and obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 So if I'm not dealing with reality, would you please explain how Luongo's value will be higher in June of 2013, as a 34 year-old fresh off his first season as Cory Schneider's backup, then what it is today? And BTW, another thing that Luongo said, when he arrived in August, was that he did not expect to be back here. To me, that sounds like a subtle poke to the GM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the ES Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Toronto needs Luongo, that makes sense does it not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 "Needs" is debatable. Reimer almost got them into the playoffs in 2011, practically single-handedly. If they have any belief in him all, still, it wouldn't make much sense to acquire Luongo. At 24 years old, it's reasonable to think that they might instead want to try and develop him. If they've lost faith in him, then, yes, it would stand to reason that they'd need another goaltender. But I'm not sure that there's a lot of evidence to suggest that that's what they've done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 So if I'm not dealing with reality, would you please explain how Luongo's value will be higher in June of 2013, as a 34 year-old fresh off his first season as Cory Schneider's backup, then what it is today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurf47 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 How will it be a distraction? It has been posted before that Luongo is a team player and is good friends with Schneider and the rest of the team. What if Schneider starts to crumble and Luongo comes in and dominates? Again, there is nothing wrong with keeping bot h goalies if we can't find a good deal for Lu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurf47 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 He can poke MG all he wants, MG hasn't gotten anything close to what Luongo is worth thus-far, that should be somewhat of a complement to Lu that we think enough of him not to trade him away for garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Is worth...or what you think hes worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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