apollo Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 As much as I love him, he's half the man Miller is. Never had the cajones to stand up for his team mates. I wonder if Vancouver wins an extra cup if we had Miller over luongo all those years... Luongo was God like in 2011 so I think that cup was his but Miller might have won it in 2010 and 2012? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV77 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 6 hours ago, apollo said: As much as I love him, he's half the man Miller is. Never had the cajones to stand up for his team mates. I wonder if Vancouver wins an extra cup if we had Miller over luongo all those years... Luongo was God like in 2011 so I think that cup was his but Miller might have won it in 2010 and 2012? Miller is a plug. The rise of this team started with Luongo and the fall started when he left... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rattler Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 If I'm a team looking to make the playoffs, I would definitely want Lu on my team. If I'm a contender wanting to some damage in the playoffs, I don't want Lu on my team. He chokes in the big games. I think we've seen enough of that. Having said that, I wouldn't mind having him as our goalie right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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apollo Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 He only has the glorious Vancouver Canuck franchise to thank for all his wins. He should send the Sedins a gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 On 11/8/2016 at 1:31 PM, JV77 said: Miller is a plug. The rise of this team started with Luongo and the fall started when he left... LOL! The rise of this team started with #22 and #33 Buddy I was 100x the Luongo fan you were during his tenure here... don't kid yourself, he was never Sedin level. Sure he was the most dominant and consistent NHL goalie for the better part of a decade but that was largely due to the fact he played in front of future Hall Of Famers in the Twins. Don't get me wrong, he's a Hall Of Famer but he's no Sedin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 50 minutes ago, apollo said: LOL! The rise of this team started with #22 and #33 Buddy I was 100x the Luongo fan you were during his tenure here... don't kid yourself, he was never Sedin level. Sure he was the most dominant and consistent NHL goalie for the better part of a decade but that was largely due to the fact he played in front of future Hall Of Famers in the Twins. Don't get me wrong, he's a Hall Of Famer but he's no Sedin. Luongo played behind the twins, not in front of them. And he's as much a HOFer as they are, in the sense that none of them are first balloters but will get in eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 27 minutes ago, Captain Azzy said: Luongo played behind the twins, not in front of them. And he's as much a HOFer as they are, in the sense that none of them are first balloters but will get in eventually. Meh, I'm just being a bitter homer lol When he got dealt, I literally teared up driving home from work that day. "Un-Liked" Canucks on FB for a week, told myself I'd be a panthers fan... eventually I came to my senses during the off season and realized club before player or country. If Peter Skudra was our goalie right now, I'd say Skudra > Luongo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV77 Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 1 hour ago, apollo said: LOL! The rise of this team started with #22 and #33 Buddy I was 100x the Luongo fan you were during his tenure here... don't kid yourself, he was never Sedin level. Sure he was the most dominant and consistent NHL goalie for the better part of a decade but that was largely due to the fact he played in front of future Hall Of Famers in the Twins. Don't get me wrong, he's a Hall Of Famer but he's no Sedin. Na man has nothing to do with being a fan. For how many years was this team looking for a goalie pre Luongo and never had one. Getting Luongo changed this franchise to where we could be built into contenders. We had the one big piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lafayettecrossbar Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 I think the rise of this team was with both Luongo and the twins. Sedins weren't dominant or all-stars in 2006-07 when Luongo came here along with Mitchell but they grew a lot in the subsequent years as we all know. Side note, I was a huge Canucks fan as a kid, and losing in game 7 to NYR was a weird emotion for a 9-year old gung-ho kid to deal with. Double that with the lockout the year after, I lost all interest in hockey and moved on to other things. Fast forward to 2006 when we traded for Luongo, who I had heard of from keeping no more than a distant ear to hockey. I became captivated and watched that whole season listening to Jim Hughson call the games on Sportsnet on ch. 22 in awe of Lu. The whole team was lacking in skill but we only competed because of our goalie. He literally stole games for us. It was a Vezina-like season for him and he didn't win it due to mere politics. Brodeur didn't have the season Luongo had. Period. Since then, I've been playing goal for the last 7 years and bought only Reebok gear until a year or so ago because I guess I wanted to be like Lu in the net. People can have hate for him for whatever reasons, that's fine. For myself, I appreciate his human side and I understand life doesn't always work out the way you want it to. I'm sure he wishes we won the Cup and the departure wasn't messy. Anyway, getting verbose here but he's the best goalie we've ever had. Nobody excluded and it's not even really close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck_Fan_52 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Congrats Luuu!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Go Roberto, only 288 wins to overtake Marty! Probably need 9 more seasons to catch him but it's possible, don't retire too soon! If Luongo played on a good team early on in his career, he would have 500+ wins already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanev Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Also moving up on the all-time losses list, will likely be #1 by retirement: Rk Born Name GP GAA SV% W L SO TIME G A P PIM 1 1972 Martin Brodeur 1266 2.24 0.912 691 397 125 74 438 2 45 47 122 2 1979 Roberto Luongo 936 2.49 0.919 441 355 72 53 836 0 20 20 42 3 1967 Curtis Joseph 943 2.79 0.906 454 352 51 54 053 0 31 31 126 4 1929 Lorne 'Gump' Worsley 861 2.88 335 352 43 50 183 0 3 3 145 5 1950 Gilles Meloche 788 3.64 270 351 20 45 401 0 22 22 111 6 1963 John Vanbiesbrouck 882 2.98 374 346 40 50 475 0 38 38 310 7 1967 Sean Burke 820 2.96 0.902 324 341 38 46 442 0 28 28 310 8 1973 Nikolai Khabibulin 799 2.72 0.907 333 334 46 45 609 0 18 18 134 9 1929 Terry Sawchuk 971 2.51 447 330 103 57 194 0 7 7 229 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Westcoasting Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 On November 8, 2016 at 7:23 AM, apollo said: As much as I love him, he's half the man Miller is. Never had the cajones to stand up for his team mates. I wonder if Vancouver wins an extra cup if we had Miller over luongo all those years... Luongo was God like in 2011 so I think that cup was his but Miller might have won it in 2010 and 2012? Well i don't think he is half the man, Lui was pretty damn awesome for the most part (playoffs another story) It was impressive to see Miller jump in without hesitation! I have no doubt things would be different if we had Miller here during that time frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcoasting Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 On November 8, 2016 at 1:31 PM, JV77 said: Miller is a plug. The rise of this team started with Luongo and the fall started when he left... Lol im not sure you would find an NHL'r that would agree with you on him being a plug! He certainly doesn't have the humour or character that Lui had though, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV77 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 29 minutes ago, Westcoasting said: Lol im not sure you would find an NHL'r that would agree with you on him being a plug! He certainly doesn't have the humour or character that Lui had though, that's for sure. Plug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcoasting Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 9 hours ago, JV77 said: Plug Both are plugs for that matter lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 13 wins away from being in sole possession of 4th all-time. He'll do that by the All-Star break if he carries on like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcoasting Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 4 hours ago, Captain Azzy said: 13 wins away from being in sole possession of 4th all-time. He'll do that by the All-Star break if he carries on like this. And just like Joseph... no major awards to his credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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