DeNiro Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Keeping Luongo for half a season and trading him in the summer is the better move. We need our goalie tandem if there is a season, because Lack is injured and not quite ready for prime time IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get real canuck fans Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 It is all going to depend on how the new CBA deals with back diving contracts. If there is no way to get rid of a contract by sending them to the minors, or even if a player retires they still account against the cap, then it is almost 100% guaranteed they will buy out Luongo because after this season contracts like Ballard and Booth will have a couple years left, where if Lu is going to cost us 5.3 mill for another 9 seasons, it will be used on Lu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underachieving Hero of CDC Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Schneider will need stability. His GAA and save percentage right now is not better than Luongo all time and he has no real experience. You ant-Luongo hopefuls will be eating your words once hockey gets going again. Trading Luongo will come back to hurt the Canucks in their soft spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James van Riemsdyk Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Let's not be rash and buy out anyone just yet, let's wait and see how it goes down. If it works for us buy them out, if not let's trade them. Even a seventh round pick is better than just dropping them off to the free agency. that is unless there is a gem in the free agency and we are 100% sure we can acquire them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Luongo for a good return. Keep Ballard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossram Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I think the best thing if there is a season is for the Canucks to keep both goaltenders. At the end of the season, Vancouver can buy-out Luongo and not have it count against the cap. Now, Luongo will still receive his salary for the rest of the deal, but I think Aquilini should be able to cover this cost. Aquilini already ends up paying $10 million of his profits to Phoenix and the other "revenue sharing" teams. He probably doesn't care if this money goes to Phoenix, or to Luongo. If it were me, I'd rather Luongo get the money. Just to be sneaky, whos to say Luongo doesn't get bought out, then re-signed at a "normal" salary? Maybe that's cap circumvention. For that matter, Luongo get's much easier to trade. Toronto has no problem buying Luongo out either, because they pay even more money in revenue sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossram Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 delete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonberries Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 BUYOUT!!! BUYOUT!!! BUYOUT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noheart Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Keeping Luongo for half a season and trading him in the summer is the better move. We need our goalie tandem if there is a season, because Lack is injured and not quite ready for prime time IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawkdrummer Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Lu's getting traded away, we don't need his cap space sitting on the bench. Who's replacing Booth and or Ballard when we give them up for no return, unless cap space is the return??? I don't think they're going anywhere outside of possible trades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicNuckleHead09 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 As soon as I heard of this in the proposal I thought to myself this was going to be a thead... way to prove me right CDC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avicii Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I'm gonna laugh at Schneider if he pulls a Crawford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks_Hockey_101 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 There is already a deal waiting for Luongo when the lockout is over. Also, Luongo has a decent cap hit and is tradeable, so no, not the best idea at all in my opionion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks_Hockey_101 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I would actually put my money on it being more likely to buy out Booth. He hasn't meshed with Kesler and hasn't been embraced by the fans. With other teams being able to buy out players there will be a ton of very serviceable top 6 forwards who were on a bad deal arpund to be signed. Ballard hasn't been great, but he is still a legitimate NHL defenceman, and those are pretty rare. Most teams don't have more than 4-5 guys who can be relied upon to eat up minutes. Unless the backdiving clause ends up being really punitive on Luongo's contract, I don't see us buying him out. If the rules let us do it all the way through to nextd July 10th... then we definitely keep him for a compressed season as injury insurance in the event a trade doesn't get worked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks_Hockey_101 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Schneider will need stability. His GAA and save percentage right now is not better than Luongo all time and he has no real experience. You ant-Luongo hopefuls will be eating your words once hockey gets going again. Trading Luongo will come back to hurt the Canucks in their soft spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks_Hockey_101 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Schneider has earned his spurs and has improved to the point that he is now better than Lou. His stats last year reflect his vast improvement and increased knowledge of NHL calibre shooters. Don't sell him short, the guard is changing and you need to change with it. Lou will be leaving, get on the bus ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler's Nose Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 We should trade Scheids and keep Lu, a mil bucks say if we keep Lu we win a cup. Scheids will end up leaving for another team after his contract is up anyways. If we were to buy out someone, I'd go with Ballard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Fatigue Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Still a few stubborn Luongonites singing the same old song, standing firm against all hope and rationality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Not happening. Too many year and too much money left on his contract. Aquilini isn't stupid to throw away money like that. Luongo will get traded if he leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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