I know Tortorella's reason for doing so. He thought Eddie Lack gave them the best chance to win. But what about Gillis and Aquilini? Didn't they think to themselves, "You know, this might really piss Roberto off after all we've put him through lately. We should probably let our number one start this high-profile game." I'm very surprised they never intervened. Surely they could have, no? Apparently Luongo was even looking for a new house in Vancouver at the time this went down too, so he was ultimately committed on playing out his contract here after Schneider was traded. I also heard on TSN 1040 not too long ago that the following season he met with someone in the media for dinner when he was in town with the Panthers and felt regret about leaving.
Why was this allowed to happen and how come management and ownership didn't do anything about it. The best goaltender in Canucks history and future hall-of-famer Roberto Luongo would've probably never been traded if it wasn't for Tortorella.
Why was this allowed to happen and how come management and ownership didn't do anything about it. The best goaltender in Canucks history and future hall-of-famer Roberto Luongo would've probably never been traded if it wasn't for Tortorella.