rkoshack Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 This isn't to try and pretend he's great at them but he's not as terrible as many believe him to be. He's 4th all time in shootout wins. Best goalies at shootouts like Hedberg, Lundqvist, Howard, Niemi, Fleury...they all have sv%'s in the the .760's which is very good for shootouts. Luongo's career sv% in shootouts is .668. Not among the best but certainly better than the bottom half including Schneider. Luongo has never been great at shootouts but he's not as bad as some here make him out to be. That assumption has mostly been made because of the amount of them the Canucks have lost since the shootout was implemented and if you look at the history of Canucks shootouts it's crazy how many have been where Luongo let in 1 of 3 and Canucks shooters got a big fat zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 The first goal he let in tonight is all the evidence I need to dispute that! But honestly, he isn't that good. I'd say he's around average. Quite often it is our teams inability to score in shootouts is more of an issue than goaltending is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How the west was won Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 You're right, he isn't terrible, but his game play is solid, and one would think his shootout play should be similiar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkoshack Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 The first goal he let in tonight is all the evidence I need to dispute that! But honestly, he isn't that good. I'd say he's around average. Quite often it is our teams inability to score in shootouts is more of an issue than goaltending is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyzer Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 He's average. The first goal.. Oshie just played it perfect. He slowed down like hes going to do a "Patty Kane" deke then quickly snaps it. Real fast snap. The second one he just didn't get over far enough. I'm more concerned with our shooters chances... aka Kesler/Burrows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOB for MVP Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Luongo's favourite shootout tactic Although his move (or lack thereof) on Oshie tonight could be my new favourite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChenWei91 Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 We should worry about our shooters, before the goalies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsflash Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Yeah, he's just okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus099 Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 he is either amazing and stops them all or he's terrible and does what he did tonight so overall he's average at best when it comes to shootouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cIutch Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 We should worry about our shooters, before the goalies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_Cathode Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 This isn't to try and pretend he's great at them but he's not as terrible as many believe him to be. He's 4th all time in shootout wins. Best goalies at shootouts like Hedberg, Lundqvist, Howard, Niemi, Fleury...they all have sv%'s in the the .760's which is very good for shootouts. Luongo's career sv% in shootouts is .668. Not among the best but certainly better than the bottom half including Schneider. Luongo has never been great at shootouts but he's not as bad as some here make him out to be. That assumption has mostly been made because of the amount of them the Canucks have lost since the shootout was implemented and if you look at the history of Canucks shootouts it's crazy how many have been where Luongo let in 1 of 3 and Canucks shooters got a big fat zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 This isn't to try and pretend he's great at them but he's not as terrible as many believe him to be. He's 4th all time in shootout wins. Best goalies at shootouts like Hedberg, Lundqvist, Howard, Niemi, Fleury...they all have sv's in the the .760's which is very good for shootouts. Luongo's career sv% in shootouts is .668. Not among the best but certainly better than the bottom half including Schneider. Luongo has never been great at shootouts but he's not as bad as some here make him out to be . That assumption has mostly been made because of the amount of them the Canucks have lost since the shootout was implemented and if you look at the history of Canucks shootouts it's crazy how many have been where Luongo let in 1 of 3 and Canucks shooters got a big fat zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cIutch Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 ehhh vs chicago he stared down toews , kane and sharp and stopped everyone lets not act like shootouts arnt more then a flip of the coin a valuable flip of the coin good thing were in the northwest division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmpunk Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 We should not worry about shootouts, we have sucked since the have been implemented, yet back to back prez trophies, Clearly they don't mean much and I think clearly prez trophies don't mean much either anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSS Corp. Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 He's average but we can't win the shootout if our shooters don't score either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allkill326 Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 This isn't to try and pretend he's great at them but he's not as terrible as many believe him to be. He's 4th all time in shootout wins. Best goalies at shootouts like Hedberg, Lundqvist, Howard, Niemi, Fleury...they all have sv%'s in the the .760's which is very good for shootouts. Luongo's career sv% in shootouts is .668. Not among the best but certainly better than the bottom half including Schneider. Luongo has never been great at shootouts but he's not as bad as some here make him out to be. That assumption has mostly been made because of the amount of them the Canucks have lost since the shootout was implemented and if you look at the history of Canucks shootouts it's crazy how many have been where Luongo let in 1 of 3 and Canucks shooters got a big fat zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thema Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 6 games under .500 for the biggest contract ever given an NHL goalie is bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dildo Faggins Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Luongo was phenomenal in that SO against Chicago, but usually he is average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus099 Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 6 games under .500 for the biggest contract ever given an NHL goalie is bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkee Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Did you see him getting ready for the shootout and he almost got run over by the zamboni? It was close but luckily it went right through his legs. Loungo is a great goalie but that first shootout goal - give me a break. Lou sucks on the shootout! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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