Salmonberries Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Gillis has dropped another notch in my respect for him as a GM today. This whole debacle should have been avoided from the start. An absolute mess. I am a Lu fan, and I'm also a Schneider fan. I'm also a fan who won't throw Luongo under the bus for the teams complete playoff meltdowns. The way he has been treated, for everything he has done for the organization in the last 7 years, is absolutely appalling. I'm sorry, but when you have a goalie of his caliber, signed to a lifelong contract, you don't shove him in the corner for the backup. This would NEVER happen with Brodeur. Or with any organization that just signed an all-star player to a career long contract with the intent of PLAYING. Last I checked we signed Lu to be our franchise goaltender. I'm disgusted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonberries Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Bobby must be sat until he is sufficiently unhappy to wave that no-trade. When he gets sick enough of being a backup he will relent and wave it, and not before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avicii Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Bobby must be sat until he is sufficiently unhappy to wave that no-trade. When he gets sick enough of being a backup he will relent and wave it, and not before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallstreetamigo Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Completely delusional. Schneider has never cost the Canucks a cup, Luongo has. Don't play "the team didn't play well"card either, see the games in Boston, then throw that argument in the garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kchengc Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I love lu and hope that he will pull a Tim Thomas on us this post season. Not that I want Cory to suck or get hurt but I want lu to somehow out play Cory and steal the starting job back like Tim Thomas did. And to all those morons for blaming mg, without that monster contract lu has probably left our team three years ago as an ufa. Sorry boys but there would be no cup run without him and we were a few healthy bodies from winning the damn cup as I am very certain that we would have won if Manny didn't suffer that eye injury, Kesler played less defensive tough minutes and didn't get hurt vs. the sharks, and Hamhuis somehow didn't get hurt in the Boston series. We banked on lu and it was the right decision back then. As mg said in the press conference, unfortunately the new cba changed the whole thing and it has come back to haunt us. To be honest I still put more blame on av on the way he treated lu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcoasting Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Good lord, well said. Look how many crappy games and moments Brodeur has had, yet he's been there his entire career and never questioned as the starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUCKS4CUP 28 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 You mean Martin Brodeur with a Calder, three Stanley cups, four Vezinas, two Olympic golds...You obviously are a young fan and haven't seen much of him other than these last couple years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcoasting Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 game 1, 1-0 shutout, Luongo 1st star, stops all 36 shots game 2, 3-2 OT win with Luongo stopping 28 of 30. 2nd star game 5, 1-0 win again, 1st star again stopping all 31 shots if you think he DIDN'T steal any games then just...yeah. ..dunno where to even begin lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustapha Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 This times a million. How many franchise goalies have been treated this way. did Bill ranford, grant Fuhr, patrick Roy, Marty brodeur, Ron Hextall and so on get fracked by GM's/coaches like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papayas Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 And one could also say that Thomas stole four games... Boston played like crap in the three losses and not one of them showed up.This is a circle that can just go round and round and round. We lost, get over it. Who cares if people are blaming your hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drouin Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Completely delusional. Schneider has never cost the Canucks a cup, Luongo has. Don't play "the team didn't play well"card either, see the games in Boston, then throw that argument in the garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustapha Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 You mean Martin Brodeur with a Calder, three Stanley cups, four Vezinas, two Olympic golds...You obviously are a young fan and haven't seen much of him other than these last couple years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcoasting Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Is there anyone here who actually said Thomas didn't steal the games for Boston in the final? No. We are talking about the treatment the team and fans gave to a goalie who dragged the team to scf game 7. It has nothing to do with other teams goalie, their mom, or pets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drouin Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Talking about yourself? Luongo did not cost this team a cup. 2 shutouts in the finals, when we won 3 games? Sure, he didn't play all that well in Boston, but who did in the final? 4-0? Still have to score at least 1 friggin' goal to win a game. How exactly does Lu lose us the cup when we didn't even score once in game 7? You're a terrible fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcoasting Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Brodeur was ok in this prime, but he doesn't hold a candle to Patrick Roy. I could pull out some stats to back me up....but instead I will do this. 3 Conn Smythes Baby! Not even Gretz has three of those bad boys. Ol' Marty doesn't even have one.... Oh, and Roy has most of those other trophies/awards that Marty won too... *Interesting Fact* In addition to his 4 Stanley Cups, Roy also has won the AHL's Calder Cup. A true winner at all levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drouin Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 If Lu really wants to leave then waive the NTC not just to 2 or 3 teams but to any team in the off season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Canucks Go Go Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Luo gets paid and is a gazillionaire.He can live with the disappointment of being paid half a million dollars per month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drouin Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Ok tell me this. Lu has 9 years left and he's 34 years old. They trade Cory in the off season and Eddie Lack becomes the backup. What happens if Lu's performance trails off in few years when he's older (say 3Years) and is being outplayed by Lack. So what happens in this scenario? Deja Vu? fans calling for Lu to be traded? He's 37-8 years old and has 6 years left on contact. Does Lu have to go through this same bs? Fans calling for him to be moved and than when the time comes wishes he stays because he's so humble now. I would trade Lu and keep Cory. If Lack happens to outplay Cory than Cory based on salary and age would be easier to move. If you care so much about Lu why would you want him to go through this roller coaster again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsCanuck Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Tugs at the heart strings seeing how bad this situation has been handled. Love Lu. Will always be my all time favourite player. Want to see him lift that Cup. Guy deserves to be in the net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drouin Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 there is only 2 people to blame here Luongo and Gillis... Gillis was stupid to sign him to that rediculous contract.. and its Luongos fault hes not the starter... if Luongo was the number 1 he wouldnt want out, he didnt lose his job because Schneids turned into the best goalie in the league , he lost his job because because his play slipped so bad hes not even a top 10 goalie anymore... and when he had a chance to win the crease back with cory struggling he failed at that back... now hes got a contract that a top 3 or 5 goalie would have and hes not even top 10 anymore. he wants to be in the state of florida and stevie Y said last year he wanted nothing to do with that contract and he makes 2x the amount of $ than all 3 panther goalies. and now gary valk is talking like he might just end up in the minors like redden... the only way we trade luongo now is if we take a terrible contract back in return in wich we are still screwed against the cap next year. Luongo couldve made it easier on everyone if he didnt let his back up outplay him and take his job. Now Gillis and Lu are pointing fingers at eachother . Its time we fire the GM and sink luongo in the minors.. either he gets picked up on waivers and we get out of the contract without taking a bad one in return or he hits the minors and earns the rest of his huge contract down their and wont count against the cap.... both options is better than rewarding him with a buyout and letting him play where ever he wants and we get nothing in return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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