Confirmed with Link: Roberto Luongo has retired

[DFAC]

Best goalie we've ever had and a total class act too, enjoy retirement Lu!

 

[Peter Griffin]

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.

Really? What depth? Ryan Spooner, Tim Schaller, Loui Eriksson etc is not depth, it's trash. And when I said depth I didn't mean signing another Jay Beagle, I meant it could prevent the team from signing another top 6 forward, pushing other guys down the line-up and creating better depth throughout.

 

[Rowlet]

is Luongo's greatest save stopping the Canucks from overpaying Myers? Find out more at 11!

 

[me2]

Good luck Lu.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Great career, and the one last thank you to Canucks fans by tying up some cap so it cant go to waste on 4th liners and bottom pair defensemen.

 

[elitepete]

Luongo is the only reason we went as far as we did back then. Don't post if you don't want people to respond.

I disagree that he was the only reason. He was a big reason, but so were other players. He was probably our 5th best player.

 

[elitepete]

That being said, Luongo was a beast. When we first got him, I loved him, but around 2010-2012 I kind of started disliking him because I fed into the hype that he was a choker, and because I wanted Schneider to start. But now that I've had more time to think about what he did as a Canuck, I think we wouldn't have made it to the Finals without him, and IMO is a top 5 Canuck of all time. Better than Linden, Naslund, Smyl, etc.

 

[GoldenSeal]

Luongo is the only reason we went as far as we did back then. Don't post if you don't want people to respond.

Those Canucks teams were stacked with talent. Doesn't own a Vezina or any real hardware save the Jennings. Lu meant a lot to Vancouver and deserves his number in the rafters, but to be fair, if Vancouver had a slightly better netminder, they would have taken the Cup home. When they needed him, he choked and that's not an insult. It's the truth.

 

[Siludin]

My conspiracy theory is as follows, and comes from no source: Luongo is a high ranking member, or at least an agent of the Italian Mafia in Montreal, and associate of Gaglardi. After Vancouver made the finals, Gaglardi paid him millions to take a "dive" in the finals, all the while betting for Boston. The Mafia also knew the fix was in, of course, but with the odds in Vancouver's favour at the outset, all they had to do was offer better and better odds as the series went on, raking in millions while Luongo made sure the team had no chance in games that mattered.

Now, years later, the story continues...

 

[Elias GOATtersson]

Those Canucks teams were stacked with talent. Doesn't own a Vezina or any real hardware save the Jennings. Lu meant a lot to Vancouver and deserves his number in the rafters, but to be fair, if Vancouver had a slightly better netminder, they would have taken the Cup home. When they needed him, he choked and that's not an insult. It's the truth.

Go back and watch game 5 of the cup final.

 

[Goon42]

Best goalie in Canucks history. He was a blast to have on this team. He shoulda had a cup gdi!!!!

 

[Frank Garrett]

I can remember where I was when we traded for Luongo. I was so happy.

Enjoy retirement! LOOOOOOOOOUUU

 

[Plot Monkey]

One of my all time favorite players.

Congrats on a great career, Lou. Enjoy retirement.

 

[David Bruce Banner]

So, are we the first team to actually get penalized with a Cap Recapture Penalty?

 

[Canuckle1970]

Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Thanks for everything, but especially the gold medal in 2010. All the best in the years ahead.

 

[Catamarca Livin]

Did he just screw us and Florida on purpose? Seems like it is an easy disability case? He would have got paid as well. What is his angle? It would seem the celebration of his career is a bit early if he is still using team's cap space. Changes my view of his time here if this was avoidable.

 

[Melvin]

So, are we the first team to actually get penalized with a Cap Recapture Penalty?

No, NJ was hit with recapture when Kovalchuk retired but it was peanuts because of the dumb way this system works.

 

[Catamarca Livin]

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

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

Jesus looks like he screwed us to help Florida. League should waive this recapture and see it as manipulation of rules.

 

[Ace of Hades]

Happy retirement. Best of luck to him.

I will always miss peak 2006 Luongo. One of the greatest goalending performances in a season/PO I have ever seen.

 

[iceburg]

Did he just screw us and Florida on purpose? Seems like it is an easy disability case? He would have got paid as well. What is his angle? It would seem the celebration of his career is a bit early if he is still using team's cap space. Changes my view of his time here if this was avoidable.

I think it’s as simple as he couldn’t get himself out of bed for $1m. For someone making 5x that in investments the bother just isn’t worth it. In the grand scheme of things it was easier for him to retire.

 

[ErrantShepherd]

Jesus looks like he screwed us to help Florida. League should waive this recapture and see it as manipulation of rules.

If he really wanted to screw us, he could have waited till the cap recapture penalty was highest, and then retired.

Lu's not screwing us... the league is. But then, outside of Rogers Arena we have a statue up about that sort of thing.

 

[GoldenSeal]

Go back and watch game 5 of the cup final.

Where was he Game 6 and 7, when it counted the most? I'm not saying he wasn't a good netminder or the best netminder the Canucks have had so far, I said he chokes when it counts the most. I'm not wrong.

Just the same, Respect to Lu.

 

[Melvin]

Where was he Game 6 and 7, when it counted the most? I'm not saying he wasn't a good netminder or the best netminder the Canucks have had so far, I said he chokes when it counts the most. I'm not wrong.

Just the same, Respect to Lu.

Game 7 he scored as many goals as the rest of his team combined.

 

[VanOriginal]

Congrats LUUUU, definitely well deserved! Great character, great personality. He always gave it his best, even during the end of his Canucks career when he was going to be traded then wasn't, then...

On the bright side, with his retirement, this opens up the third salary retention slot that can be used in trades

 

[GoldenSeal]

Game 7 he scored as many goals as the rest of his team combined.

So, zero.