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Originally Posted by Blaster86
Looooooooooou!
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I am willing to accept having to hear the stupidest, most asinine chant in sports (except maybe the Habs "ole, ole") if it helps Canada win. I said before the tournament began that Luongo should not be given the starting job unless Broduer proved himself incapable which he certainly did last night. Canada was certainly not without its faults last night but I believe they could have won that game if Broduer has played a bit more conservative and just made a few common sense plays. Not only were the second and third goals against terrible misplays they came with the worst possible timing and killed all momentum the team had built up.
Even now I'd almost rather see Fleury in net but Luongo got that first game against Norway so at least he's not going in completely cold and has a bit of game experience with the team. Don't get me wrong he's a very capable goalie but when it comes to big game heroics he's almost on par with Joe Thornton in my books. However, if the team, specifically our veteran defenders, can improve a bit on the US game he will only have to be solid and occasionally spectacular to help us win.