Canucksbiggestfan Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 It's easy you go with the guy who has actually WON in the playoffs. The answer is Luongo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure1994Mclean Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Doesn't really matter. Schneider gave up a bad rebound, his only mistake in the game, and it ended up being the game winner. Our goalies have to play perfect for us to even have a shot, and given our offense, that might not even be good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SedinX2 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I don't care if Luongo is our "number one" goalie, which is only by virtue of his contract. Fact is, for the last two years where Schneider has played around 60 games, Schneider has proven he is better statistically (save %, gaa), he is more consistent, and he can come up big in important games. He is younger, is already better than Luongo now, and it won't even be close in a few years. Whether it is regular season for even these last three games, Schneider has proven he is better and gives the Canucks a better chance to win. Canucks had to score 4 and 5 goals in game 1 and 2 to win, but Schneider put them in a spot where they had to score only 2 to win. Forget feelings, other than 5.3 million a year, they don't owe Luongo anything. Start Schneider! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucksbiggestfan Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 What we need is the old Lu, the one that even if the team in front of him played like absolute crap he would board up the net and give the team a fighting chance to win the game every night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pomorick Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 No let's start John Garrett he has won in the playoffs and is even more experienced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DW23 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 why are some of you always defending the opposing goalies? thomas is better. quick is better. harding is better etc (you get the point) lets face it. our offense isn't scoring. and it's killing us. how many low or 1 goal difference games has luongo won this season?! give it a break with blaming the goalies. we are not good (or hungry) enough. and I mean the whole team. Daniel is already hurt. Kes is playing atrocious. our D can't clear the puck. Lapierre is annoying but not intimidating anyone. it hurts but thats the truth. I love all our players but it ain't working these playoffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kesrayburr Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Has to be Lou. What does it say to Lou and the clubs faith in our "number one " goalie if we start Schneider in the first do or die. Although the team has performed better with schneider, we gotta go with Lou. They start Schneider, they are pretty much saying Lou is done with the Vancouver Canucks. Come on Canucks get your crap together hopefully Danny's back and we can get our swag and confidence back!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luongotv Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I hate this negativeness from the fake fans. Lu starts and he will be here for many more years. He's been amazing for vancity and its not him who chokes. It's the team in front of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngdad Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Big Lu fan here, but I said Schneids. Hasn't mattered so far. Won't matter in game 4. Either goalie will give us a great chance to win. Again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get real canuck fans Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Has to be Lou. What does it say to Lou and the clubs faith in our "number one " goalie if we start Schneider in the first do or die. Although the team has performed better with schneider, we gotta go with Lou. They start Schneider, they are pretty much saying Lou is done with the Vancouver Canucks. Come on Canucks get your crap together hopefully Danny's back and we can get our swag and confidence back!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_314 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Jordan Schroeder, Rodin, Jensen. Might as well pull out all the guns and win or go out swinging Also put Hansen - Hank - Booth with Hamhuis - Bieksa for the majority of the game. Sooner or later their efforts SHOULD pay off. Higgins - Kes - Burr Ebbett - Pahlsson - Lapierre Ballard - Tanev (Ballard can still attack and Tanev is decent) Edler - Salo (reduced minutes-- Edler`s not going to help anyways and Salo`s not as good as he used to be) give the other forwards the night off, they won`t be playing anyways. #StillBelieving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoneypuckOverlord Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 It's no brainer for me. You can't just start LUongo because he's the number 1 guy. The number guy in the first 2 games has given up crucial goals at crucial moments of the game. On top of that, he's allowed 17 goals on his last 4 playoff starts. Number 1 guy? Now compare his game to Schneider's game, Schneider didn't win it for us, but it was the lowest possible score. A 1-0 game. So it's no brainer, for me team comes first. I'm not a stupid Canuck fan to favor one player over another because I like that player more. NO no no. I will chose the goalie that will give the team the best chance at winning and that's Luongo. Again, Luongo's last 4 playoff starts, 17 goals allowed, do you want me to pull up the save percentage? That be quite in insulting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey!? Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Is always about how things affet Lou. Could the players be sick of hearing how it was Lou who got the team to the finals even though he was middle of the pack stat wise and was brutal in more than 1 game. How can it be the numbers ALWAYS are better for Cory? Corys season numbers were much better,,playoffs he in #1 in GAA and 3 in save%,,, Lou is 16th out of 18 in both GAA and save %. If people over and over say the team plays better for Cory you can be sure there is a reason why. Over 2 seasons is enough of a sample to know for whatever reason the TEAM plays better, and I feel Cory plays better than Lou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Big Lu fan here, but I said Schneids. Hasn't mattered so far. Won't matter in game 4. Either goalie will give us a great chance to win. Again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsCanuck Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Make one of the forwards play goal and see if Lu and Schneids can score a goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get real canuck fans Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 You feel he plays better, that's your argument? You do realize that your opinion means little, if not nothing. Your entire argument is purely speculation. You've even gone as far to portray Luongo as egotistical. When has he ever made the claim that it was his own performance that brought the team to the SCF? Goaltending isn't all about numbers, something that you've failed to comprehend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey!? Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Luongo has stated he wears #1 because thats what he is. He has held 3 organizations hostage at contract time. You fail to realise they keep numbers for a reason, and comparing one player to others can be hard, but when they play for the same team with the same players and the numbers are so drastically different a full season at some point the numbers matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get real canuck fans Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Again, another false accusation and an unwarranted attack on Luongo. You must really hate the man. With that said, it's hard to take anything you have to say seriously. There is no point in arguing with you because your too self-conceited. Another user here has already crunched the numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimberWolf Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 You start your young gun. May as well, either goalie will not make that much a difference. Both have made enough saves to win games, but if he can be perceived to steal one or two games under this kind of pressure his trade value goes up (should he be the one dealt) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurf47 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 If a goaltenders stats don;t matter then what does? Cuz hes got a nice mask...his sisters cute....or play him on a hunch? Lou has always played because he had great numbers....got signed to long term contract because he had great numbers...so...now..his numbers are not as good...especially gis GAA of 2.41...so now you play the guy whose numbers are better...because...the numbers say he is playing better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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