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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
I am totally surprised at how many people dismiss player's accountability to the contract.
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Players have responsibility, but I dont see how you can attribute any to Luongo in this case.
He didnt screw the pooch. He played, and played well when called upon. He didnt ask for a trade. He didnt tell the Canucks he wanted out of town until the Canucks went public saying that Schneider was the new starter.
He signed that deal thinking he was the fcranchise's starting goalie going forward, and rightly so. The franchise changed their minds and it became a situation of:
- Luongo wants to be a starter
- Luongo is still good enough to be a starter
- Vancouver cant keep them both
- Vancouver chose Schneider.....publically.
The only reasonable solution to this situation is a trade and he was the logical choice.
Luongo is a victim of Gillis not being able to pull his head out of his ass and assess his team and franchise from a 'Macro' perspective and see the whole damned picture. Hardly Luongo's fault.
And goddammit, here I am defending Roberto Luongo? Satan must be ice skating right now, but still, this is still very clearly the fault of the people wearing suits to work in Vancouver. And it starts with Mike.