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Originally Posted by OILFAN #81
I think they will patch things up and Luongo will start for Vancouver, but what would the Canucks do if he wasn't back? Most of the good goalies on the market re-signed and Vancouver has Lack remaining.
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They signed that Sweedish goaltender Joacim Eriksson but he's kind of an unknown. I think Luongo will play for them as he doesn't really have any other option outside of holding out and not getting paid. I think the real problem is when he has a stretch when he struggles. Over the past few years when he struggled they just put in Schneider and now they don't have that security blanket and if Luongo has a stretch where he plays poor it will get pretty ugly with fans and media. I simply don't see this ending well for either side. IMO the Canucks had to do something this weekend but this was the worst case scenario of all their options and keeping both goaltenders wasn't an option.