Heretic Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 IMO our MVP's in order would be #1 Luongo (by a mile) #2 Kesler #3 Hamhuis Yes Hammer has made some mistakes but the guy has also been logging close to 30mins/game. Pretty close to hammer I'd put Lack #1 Luongo (by a mile) #2 Kesler #3 Hamhuis Sorry...as good as Kesler has been, he's been far from perfect. Making mistakes, taking bad penalties, can't hit the side of a barn in the shoot out...plus/minus of -4 for the season so far... He's still not where he was in 2010/11 Yes, without him, we'd be in trouble - I just expect more from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Losing Schneider hurt. But if Horvat pans out to be as good as many think he will be, and Lu stays steady and happy in Van, them it will have been a great trade for the franchise. ...Two fairly large 'buts' there though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gumballthechewy Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 All I can read is: trading value ----> up. Yes, because that's still an option... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thad Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 This guy is ready to challenge for the cup in the next couple years. I sure hope we can hold on to him. One thing I've noticed about him that's subtle but shows he's really turned a corner is he holds on to his stick now. Last 5 years he's dropped his stick 10 times a game and now he seems to be making real tough blocker saves without dropping the lumber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes we can nucks Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 one of the best of his career, and Schneider is still playing better on a far worse team Schneider 'playing better'? Seriously? He has 8 wins in 24 games played... you can say he's on a worse team, but if he's so great, shouldn't he be the starter and stealing more games? He's playing in a much weaker conference too. And his .926 save % is marginally better than Lu's .924 with Lu playing 11 more games. Lu has also had to play with a depleted defense in front of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Finally a positive article from Botchford, lol. Does Gallagher do the same thing? No. Gallagher is a bitter, flesh eating ghoul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 one of the best of his career, and Schneider is still playing better on a far worse team Think before you post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket. Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Bobby Lu, how do you do! M V P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMR Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Positive stuff on Luuu and still haters hate. Way to funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Crossbar Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Speaking if changing the culture ... the media plays a big part in that, too. Glad to see Luongo getting the respect he deserves. A lot of people were wrong about him this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tragoedia Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Think before you post. For some people that is too much to ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTruthHurts Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 He's having a career year probably, offensively he certainly is, but he's still on pace for only 42 points, which is good, but not quite MVP level. He's also a rather mediocre -2. Part of the reason Lu is so far and away our MVP to me is that no one else has been that incredible. Some have majorly exceeded expectations (Tanev, Stanton, Santorelli), but they haven't played to the all-star level that Luongo has. Well the fact the 100 point players can have minus seasons is a testament to the uselessness of that number. Garrison consistency is what makes him mvp. Very rarely do I see mistakes from him. Plus he is my favourite hockey player so I do have some bias. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbyte Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Agree 100% with the MVP vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckBoss Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 If you been watching canucks for a long time this comes as no surprise Luongo been tearing it up 2011-12 season led us to back to back presidents trophy loses his job cause canucks cant score/defend(that king series he played lights out) deja vu vs sharks yet he gets the blame crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Fivehole0 Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 If you been watching canucks for a long time this comes as no surprise Luongo been tearing it up 2011-12 season led us to back to back presidents trophy loses his job cause canucks cant score/defend(that king series he played lights out) deja vu vs sharks yet he gets the blame crazy Ya, I don't get how Lu didn't continue to get the starts opposed to Schneider, he was lights out in that series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 As Sid says, his new agent group may have a fair bit to do with it, and the decreased attention of Schneider having been moved helps probably too. I'd be happy to have him back but also respect him if he did want to move on after this year. Injuring Gagner to begin with then his comments the first game after that injury, plus refusing to fight Gazdik last game and mentioning in comments afterwards he prefers that to opposing players liking him. I missed the Gadzik challenge. That might have been fun. He pretty much out duelled Lucic once already; a formidable opponent. On the Lou front; I can respect it to a point. He has the right to put up a list of a few teams he's like to target is my understanding. Yup, I would contact them. But they still have to offer a reasonable return. Lou is a professional athlete. The best guess as to motivation is I understand his family lives in Florida. Thats an issue. I don't understand why a guy would sign a 12 year contract if his family was not going to support him. Thats all speculation. I could be off base. But it remains up to those teams to provide said reasonable returns... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdubuya Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Anyone who suggested trading Cory on these boards last year was made out to be crazy. "Theres no coming back" , "we've burned our bridges with Lu"...etc. Pretty sure Lu just wanted to start. Not sure why we ever gave Cory the starting gig, all it did was create playoff turmoil/ distraction. It didnt help that the fans and the media made the situation to be way more than it was. MG should have just cut his losses a few years earlier and traded Cory to the highest bidder. Even if he didn't get exactly what Cory was worth it would have been better than what he ended up getting. If you look at what Varlamov got for Washington its pretty clear he waited too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thema Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Folks, it's January. Lou is always at his very best in January. Howsabout we hold off on articles like this until after the Olympics and the playoffs, eh? There WILL be drama, mark my words... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmotamed Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 The team can't score if their lives depended on it, pitiful to watch... But I'll keep watching! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thema Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 one of the best of his career, and Schneider is still playing better on a far worse team ...and Eddie Lack has almost exactly similar numbers playing in a far less ideal situation. Lou has been good but let's not get carried away here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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