-Vintage Canuck- Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Luongo is probably the best goalie in the league right now behind Anderson and Rinne, maybe even Price. You don't trade away a top-5 goalie to sit with a guy who's around top-20 in stats in Schneider. Right now Lu and Schneider have played the same number of games and it's quite obvious. Luongo > Schneider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera82 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Luongo is probably the best goalie in the league right now behind Anderson and Rinne, maybe even Price. You don't trade away a top-5 goalie to sit with a guy who's around top-20 in stats in Schneider. Right now Lu and Schneider have played the same number of games and it's quite obvious. Luongo > Schneider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB007 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 It's still early in the season, I agree with everything you said except for Craig Anderson. There's no way that he's a top 10 goaltender in the NHL much less top 5. I wouldn't even consider him a proper starting goaltender much less an elite one, he's like a Brian Elliott has a few good seasons but is garbage most of the time.Simply put Craig Anderson should not be mentioned in the same sentence as goalies like Luongo, Rinne and Price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera82 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 This is a nice problem to have, 2 clear number one goalies. At this point, why would we not keep Lu and make a run with what we have. Goaltending is the most critical position in the playoffs. We are the envy of the league right now. Lu is a proven playoff performer and his only problem was he couldn't score himself when our forwards ran dry. From now until trade deadline is for Schnieder to prove if HE is the real deal for our future, otherwise I say keep Lu and make a run for the prize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Kesler RK17 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Luongo has proven to be inconsistent in the playoffs, nothing more. Our lack of scoring the last 2 series is not a valid excuse for him to get lit up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoolander Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 He has looked pretty stellar, I think we should keep him until the draft and maybe make some small trades at the deadline but nothing huge. Send down Ebbett, or scratch Malholtra/Weise when Kesler and Booth come back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 big deal, the year we went to the finals Luongo and Schneider won the Jenning for fewest goal allowed 23 goals in 7 games (and that includes 2 shutout, so basically 23 in 5 games). Schneider would have the same stats if it wasn't for Edler and Garrisson's assist in the SJ games. HE would have started 10 our games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-a-Million Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Just imagine if Luongo was playing for another team right now, say Boston or Black Hawks and we had to face them in the finals with Lou playing the way he is now? Oh yeah, MG, sit on this trade for at least another 6 months, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 You just did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyderr Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Im gonna take a gamble and say this if we win the whole show this year neither goalie gets traded again, unless one of them says trade me. They will play them 50/50 saying how important it is. They will move Booth and Garrison (or ballard) to make cap space and have young guys play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avicii Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Luongo has proven to be inconsistent in the playoffs, nothing more. Our lack of scoring the last 2 series is not a valid excuse for him to get lit up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice orca Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Im gonna take a gamble and say this if we win the whole show this year neither goalie gets traded again, unless one of them says trade me. They will play them 50/50 saying how important it is. They will move Booth and Garrison (or ballard) to make cap space and have young guys play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Im gonna take a gamble and say this if we win the whole show this year neither goalie gets traded again, unless one of them says trade me. They will play them 50/50 saying how important it is. They will move Booth and Garrison (or ballard) to make cap space and have young guys play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxiebrown Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Price was having a great week despite playing on a pretty average team, and I didn't even mention Crawford, but mostly because his team has been so good in front of him. Rinne is also putting up sparkling numbers this season once again. Meanwhile, how are the typical goalie stars doing? Brodeur has a very average 0.908 save %, Lundqvist has a disgusting 2.48 GAA (more than a whole goal more than Luongo) and Quick has a 2.70 GAA and a save % of 0.890. Oh but it gets better. The once-great Miller has a GAA of 2.89 and past heroes like Ward and Kippersoff both have GAA well over 3. So please, I know my NHL goalies. Have a look at the stats for goalies this season. Anderson is having a rediculous year, he was leading every goalie statistic before tonight's game against Pittsburgh, and only really lost the GAA lead to Luongo by a hair. He is carrying the Ottawa team that has been playing without Spezza, and now loses Karlsson too. That 42 save shutout of Buffalo the other night was a masterpiece. He is the front-runner for this years Vezina without a doubt. This is the quarter pole of the season and Anderson is the best goalie in the league right now, there's no denying his numbers are the best by any goalie. If his play slips in the next few weeks, then he won't be, but until then he's simply playing the best any goalie has. He's had one of the biggest workloads of any goalie and has shone this season. Karlsson's injury and a banged up Ottawa offence will really test him now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kloubek Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I personally view save % as a better indicator of a goalie's game rather than gaa. On a horrible defensive team (Like Luongo was with in Florida), the gaa is never going to be impressive. Luckily, his save % is sparkling so far as well, and I would anticipate in a week or so that he'll be the league leader in that regard as well. Or, at least, that Anderson's save % will continue to fall. It seems so odd to me that we seem incapable of finding a way to trade the best goalie in the NHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono2009 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 The Luongo love-in still continues!!! I'm all for keeping him til the end of the season but after everything he has been through here, it's better off starting a new chapter elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 This should be played as the game intro every time he starts :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono2009 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Im gonna take a gamble and say this if we win the whole show this year neither goalie gets traded again, unless one of them says trade me. They will play them 50/50 saying how important it is. They will move Booth and Garrison (or ballard) to make cap space and have young guys play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum P I Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Luongo is probably the best goalie in the league right now behind Anderson and Rinne, maybe even Price. You don't trade away a top-5 goalie to sit with a guy who's around top-20 in stats in Schneider. Right now Lu and Schneider have played the same number of games and it's quite obvious. Luongo > Schneider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbyte Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Luongo is probably the best goalie in the league right now behind Anderson and Rinne, maybe even Price. You don't trade away a top-5 goalie to sit with a guy who's around top-20 in stats in Schneider. Right now Lu and Schneider have played the same number of games and it's quite obvious. Luongo > Schneider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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