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OK now I have to question this.

Tallon in Florida is STILL apparently selling or shopping Clemmenson which means if Markstrom the still unproven wunderkid flees....

Could you imagine Florida coming to call for Luongo now because Markstrom leaves and there's nobody else to play for them?

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If he goes to the KHL i'd totally be okay with grabbing Bryz or Thomas and moving Luongo for stellar assets. We wouldnt be the weaker in bargaining anymore either. Bryz/Thomas and Lack/Eriksson backing up while grabbing one of Florida's top centre or D prospects and we have ourselves a sick young team. Petro, Howden, Huberdeau (we wish),Bjugstad (sp?), Kulikov, Gudbrandson.....just about any of those would make for a stacked Canucks future full of youth.

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My thoughts on this.

The only way we trade Luongo is that both Luongo and Edler agree to go to Florida.

We get Campbell and a 2nd rounder in return (They are getting Edler after all) which turns into a 1st rounder if Florida makes the playoffs.

For folks freaking that we'd have two unproven goalies in Lack/Eriksson.

Lack played in the Swedish Elite League and had a .911 save percentage and 2.67 GAA

In three seasons in the AHL with a 2.52 GA average, and .916 save %, 56 wins, 45 losses

Eriksson has played 3 years in the Swedish Elite League.

Quote from Canucks.com

The 6’1”, 189-pound goalie posted a record of 21-9-0, a 1.67 GAA, a save percentage of .931 and 5 shutouts through 30 games, guiding Skelleftea to the top of Sweden’s Elitserien in the 2012.13 season. In 10 playoff appearances, Eriksson recorded a 1.06 GAA and a .952 save percentage helping Skelleftea capture the 2012.13 Elitserien Championship.

This isn't like two raw rookies from the CHL. Lack is 25, and Eriksson is 23. Schneider is 27, and has only been a "starter" for 1/2 an NHL season, but fans were ready to have him take over as Number 1.

Would it be a huge gamble? Yes. But didn't we want "bold moves"?

Corey Crawford from Chicago had similar stats to both our goalies, and Chicago took a gamble and put him in net. 2 seasons later Stanley Cup. Both Chicago and Boston were at the Finals last season with different goalies from their previous wins.

Very few goalies are consistent enough to win year after year. Maybe having two rookie netminders isn't really that crazy?

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