What the Heck is Wrong With Luongo?
October 6, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Goalies, NHL, News, Vancouver Canucks
I hear the curse of long-term contracts knocking on the door of Vancouver Canucks goaltender, Roberto Luongo. Seriously, friends. I know it’s so early in the season but this is definitely worth talking about.
image: TSN
The Canucks lost 5-3 to the Columbus Blue Jackets last night. I’ll get to the details on this nightmare but, first, let’s look at their start to this season so far. They’ve played three games and they’ve lost three games.
I watched their opener since it was against the Calgary Flames and almost instantly I was asking if there was something off about Luongo. I shrugged it off as first game rust but then they played the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday and were shut out. Again, I shrugged it off but last night’s game was actually the worst, despite the fact that Vancouver got on the score board.
It sucked that they were at home for the first time this year since the game was so disappointing. It is dumbfounding to me that Kristian Huselius, Rotislav Klesla and Nikita Filatov all put one past Luongo in – wait for it – three minutes 44 seconds. He ended up with a magnificent 0.666 save percentage before being replaced by Andrew Raycroft.
Luongo is the team captain and was given a 12-year, $64-million deal just before the season began and I’m telling you, those contracts are a bad idea for about a million reasons.
Anyway, they were undefeated in the pre-season so maybe they will be able to recapture some of that magic soon.
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