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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Game 5 v. Chicago? What about games 3 and 4 v. Anaheim when Canucks wrested home ice advantage from the Ducks, and Luongo looked no better than average? And let us not forget what an unbelievable debacle that game six v. Chicago really was. The Canucks had two leads in the third period in an elimination game, and Luongo allowed four goals inside of 20 minutes! He allowed seven goals in an elimination game; that alone is an impressively embarrassing statistic.
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Yea, but if you are going to look at every poor game he has had, you have to look at every good game the guy has had also.
He stopped 72 shots, en route to a 5–4 quadruple overtime victory in his first ever playoff game. (one save shy of an nhl record)
Game 5 against Anaheim he put together 56 saves in a 2-1 loss.
"The final game of the 99 world juniors turned into the Roberto Luongo show. Canada was outshot 40-18, but Luongo's heroics forced overtime."
2003 World Championship Luongo made 49 saves against
Sweden in a 3–2 overtime win to win gold.
2004 World Cup Roberto Luongo made 37-40 saves in an elimination game against the favoured Chezchs.
While he has yet to hoist the stanley cup, I'd say the guy has done enough (more success than not in high pressure games) to deserve the shot hes getting.