Trannyo Maple Laffs suck and perhaps the only city, that knows hockey, and still whines more than Vancouver.
Lou - the only big thing he ever won - Olympic Gold. In the games he played Canada outshot their opponents by 25%, or for every ten shots Lou faced the opposition goalie face 15. After one game "Luongo, who took over for a benched Martin Brodeur after the U.S. loss, gave up goals to Dmitri Kalinin, Afinogenov and Sergei Gonchar while making 25 saves, but didn't need to be brilliant with all that was going on around him." And then Lou was quoted,
"We did a great job, not only on Ovie but against all their top guys," Luongo said. "We wanted to not give them much room to skate."
Other commentary included, "The game was a strange one for Luongo. He owns a condo in Yaletown, just a couple of blocks from Canada Hockey Place, and for the better part of two periods Friday night it almost seemed like he could have strolled home for a quick visit between shots.
Canada had built a 3-0 lead through 40 minutes and Luongo had only faced nine shots. Only a couple of them were of the tough variety.
Then all hell broke loose in the third.
It started with a
soft goal Luongo would definitely like back. Defenceman Lubomir Visnovsky beat him short side from a sharp angle at 11:35 of the third, squeezing the puck between Luongo's left pad and the post.
No doubt he is talented, he does make big saves, his timing on when he lets in a softy or makes a big save has prevented more success for him and the teams he has played for. Take the Boston series, had he been able to not let softies in the team in front of him may have been able to take more abuse. When you're on the ice and your goalie lets in softies it makes you wonder WTF you should fight through a check, take a cheap shot, or even try as hard as you can. I mean, why would ya, fricken goalie will likely let in another softy anyway. He NEEDS a great team in front of him to win.
I am not a Canucks fan but I would like them to win a Cup. They seem to consistently self destruct. Anyone could see they needed muscle in the lineup to protect the twins - why they didn't get it who knows, but they didn't. Now the twins are getting old both in terms of age and in terms of other teams figuring out how to stop them. When a Sedin cross checks a guy in the face and knocks a couple teeth out and then grins, then maybe the Cup will come to Van. Check out Malkin crosschecking the Maple Laffer in the face just last game. It ain't pretty but it ain't non-contact hockey either.
