Confirmed with Link: Roberto Luongo has retired

[Peter Griffin]

Congrats to Bobby Lu!

Only question is what sweater does he wear into the hall? Gotta think it should be Vancouver's.

 

[pomx]

Stupid Benning.. all his fault he retired. Should’ve convinced him to not think about his family and play instead.. BENNING!!

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

The greatest save he ever made was his penalty stopping us from signing Myers

 

[Peter Griffin]

The greatest save he ever made was his penalty stopping us from signing Myers

Unfortunately it probably won't stop Benning going after him. If anything it will prevent them from signing more depth.

 

[Fire Benning]

Best goalie in franchise history. First ballot HOFer in my books.

 

[PG Canuck]

Congrats to Bobby Lu!

Only question is what sweater does he wear into the hall? Gotta think it should be Vancouver's.

Both fanbases see him as their own. He should just wear half a Panthers jersey and half a Canucks jersey.

 

[Addison Rae]

Imagine, we had back to back Art Ross winners, a Vezina/Hart caliber goalie and a 40 goal Selke winner at the peak of their careers on our team.

That's just insane.

 

[Melvin]

On the other hand, news reports about the announcement talk of the recapture penalties that will be incurred, and Luongo's open letter to the Florida fans making the announcement doesn't say he's injured and can't play, just that it takes too much time and he's not prepared to continue to make the commitment to prepare to play that had been necessary since his hip surgery a couple of years ago.

Panthers' Roberto Luongo announces retirement after 19 seasons - Sportsnet.ca
and
https://www.tsn.ca/florida-panthers-g-roberto-luongo-announces-retirement-on-twitter-1.1328927

Yeah. It's weird. I don't really get why they are making that assumption.

Edit: nvm. Didn't see this from Mckenzie.

 

[SillyRabbit]

The greatest save he ever made was his penalty stopping us from signing Myers

One final “Great save by Luongo!”

Man is looking out for us even in retirement.

 

[PG Canuck]

Stupid Benning.. all his fault he retired. Should’ve convinced him to not think about his family and play instead.. BENNING!!

 

[passive voice]

Congrats to Bobby Lu!

Only question is what sweater does he wear into the hall? Gotta think it should be Vancouver's.

Nah, he's a Panther, and that's fine!

 

[VeteranNetPresence]

Congratulations to not only the best goalie in Canucks history but one of the best players. It really sucks we couldn’t win a cup with him here

 

[Hollywood Burrows]

No Vezina... what a joke of a league.

 

[Fire Benning]

Never forget if it weren't for his OT save on Sharp the Canucks would've been reverse swept in 2011 instead of going on a run.

 

[passive voice]

No Vezina... what a joke of a league.

Awards are so weird. Crosby was the best player in hockey for a decade and has a total of....two Hart trophies.

 

[BROCK HUGHES]

One of my Favorite Canucks of all time and a great person.Congrats Roberto on a great career.

 

[F A N]

Can Luongo retire in spirit but not hand in his official retirement papers?

 

[Hit the post]

Imagine, we had back to back Art Ross winners, a Vezina/Hart caliber goalie and a 40 goal Selke winner at the peak of their careers on our team.

That's just insane.

And Kelly Sutherland was from Richmond!

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Best goalie we ever had... apologies to McLean and Smith.

Too bad he didn’t go out on LTIR, though.

 

[MikeK]

Can Luongo retire in spirit but not hand in his official retirement papers?

I'm pretty sure he can which could be the case. If he isn't medically cleared to play he could go on LTIR.

 

[F A N]

I'm pretty sure he can which could be the case. If he isn't medically cleared to play he could go on LTIR.

But from a contractual perspective, it's like telling your boss you'll be retiring and then going on sick leave.

 

[Bourdon]

Congrats to Bobby Lu!

Only question is what sweater does he wear into the hall? Gotta think it should be Vancouver's.

His heart was always in Florida and he'll probably stick around in Florida with the Panthers organization after his retirement. He's not quite in the same realm as the twins imo.

 

[PG Canuck]

His heart was always in Florida and he'll probably stick around in Florida with the Panthers organization after his retirement. He's not quite in the same realm as the twins imo.

He’s moving into a new house in July in the Florida area and has already said he hopes to work within the Panthers organization.

If he goes into the HHOF, he’ll be going in as a Panther.

 

[Caspian]

eat **** Jimbo. Hopefully this saves us from signing Myers. GREAT SAVE LUONGO

 

[Pavel96]

Unfortunately it probably won't stop Benning going after him. If anything it will prevent them from signing more depth.

Why do we need more depth? No one is injured right now and the depth looks good? I'm happy with how the depth looks now and am confident the problem has been fixed.