Luongo To Start Against Germany

[albertGQ]

Originally Posted by Flame19,289

So if it's Canada vs. Finland in the final with Luongo and Kipper in net.... Who do you root for?

Either result would be fine with me. I hate Bobby Lou, Kesler and Burrows too much to cheer for them.

[albertGQ]

Originally Posted by flameswin

That's just stupid.

I hope Canada wins, but if Germany wins and lights up Bobby Lou, I can't say I'd be dissapointed

[red sky]

This is it Luongo, the fate of Olympic gold rest on your hugemongous pads... errr I mean shoulders.

[Kesler17]

Originally Posted by albertGQ

I hope Canada wins, but if Germany wins and lights up Bobby Lou, I can't say I'd be dissapointed

Good luck with that. I was the same I could never cheer for any flames players or Crosby for that matter but its team Canada. This is for our country and our game and on home soil we gotta win this!

[Inferno099]

Originally Posted by Flame19,289

So if it's Canada vs. Finland in the final with Luongo and Kipper in net.... Who do you root for?

As much as I dislike the Vancouver Canucks & always want the Flames to win . . .

It is obvious all Canadians should be cheering for Canada!!!

Once the Olympics are done we can all go back to booing Luongo...

[mykalberta]

Originally Posted by flameswin

A worthless timout? You mean the one that would have got Crosby out there instead of Perry? I'd say that was a pretty damn big timeout to not take.

That is seriously what they are worried about?

Not the lazy way this team plays, the fact that Bergeron is on the ice at all. Oh wait, I forgot how lethal our team was when we were a man up the entire game.

[browna]

So if this rumor is true, do you play Luongo on back to back nights? Assuming he wins and has confidence though, can you not go with him? But you have two other goalies as an option too.


Also, just for fun argument, if Luongo "Salo's" one in that allows the Germans to win, after the riot police clean up downtown Vancouver in about 2 weeks, would Gillis have no other choice then to trade that goalie that has to play 41 games a year in the same rink?

[Kaine]

Originally Posted by browna

So if this rumor is true, do you play Luongo on back to back nights? Assuming he wins and has confidence though, can you not go with him? But you have two other goalies as an option too.


Also, just for fun argument, if Luongo "Salo's" one in that allows the Germans to win, after the riot police clean up downtown Vancouver in about 2 weeks, would Gillis have no other choice then to trade that goalie that has to play 41 games a year in the same rink?

The back to back concerns me as well. My thinking was to play Fleury against what should be the weaker team (Russia > Germany) and then give Lou the rest of the tournament.

[flambers]

Originally Posted by browna

So if this rumor is true, do you play Luongo on back to back nights?

For sure... There is no other option in my opinion, they have to play Luongo for the remaining games.

Brodeur was terrible, never seen a "star" goalie in a big game make so many mistakes.

Fleury has not played for over a week now... I would think he is the 3rd stringer for the remaining games.

[MelBridgeman]

Originally Posted by Kaine

The back to back concerns me as well. My thinking was to play Fleury against what should be the weaker team (Russia > Germany) and then give Lou the rest of the tournament.

Either way Babcock can't win, he plays Luongo both games and Canada loses to the Russians, it will be, why didn't you start Fluery against Germany, if he starts Broduer against the Russians and lose, it's why didn't you start Luongo, even though Luongo provides zero guarantee of anything

[Sainters7]

Good. IMO after last night Brodeur played himself out of the starting role. He was awful yesterday. Why not give Luongo a chance? If we beat Germany but he looks shaky, then we'll re-address it from there. But for right now anyways I'd say Luongo's our starter from here on out.

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by Kaine

The back to back concerns me as well. My thinking was to play Fleury against what should be the weaker team (Russia > Germany) and then give Lou the rest of the tournament.

I don't think you ever risk an elimination game to an inferior goalie (and regardless of what some people think the Team Canada management think Luongo>Fleury)

I could see whomever the backup is getting a period in if the team is up by 3 or 4 going in to the 3rd period tomoro

[MelBridgeman]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

I don't think you ever risk an elimination game to an inferior goalie (and regardless of what some people think the Team Canada management think Luongo>Fleury)

I could see whomever the backup is getting a period in if the team is up by 3 or 4 going in to the 3rd period tomoro

Not suprised that a canuck fan would disgrace an Stanley Cup Champ...considering you prob have zero respect for what it takes to win one....Fluery > Luongo.

[North East Goon]

I would have had Luongo back in last night, after Brodeur's performance against the Suisse!

[Kaine]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

I don't think you ever risk an elimination game to an inferior goalie (and regardless of what some people think the Team Canada management think Luongo>Fleury)

I could see whomever the backup is getting a period in if the team is up by 3 or 4 going in to the 3rd period tomoro

True, still unfortunate the brass sees Fleury as third string. While almost everyone considers Lou the starter from here on out I for one would want that starter rested and ready for what could be the hardest game Canada will play.

That said as you mentioned no guarantees with Germany anyways so kind of a damned if you do damned if you don't scenario.

[spartan]

The only reason that I wouldn't puke if Luongo plays the rest of the tournament is that he would likely be more tired later on in the year and hopefully cost the nucks some losses. Why Fleury isn't the backup is beyond me. A goalie who has been to the stanly cup finals two years in a row while winning once vs a goalie that hasn't won anything. I understand that Luongo may be better in a regular season game....but that hasn't translated well in big games. Maybe he finally gets over that hump this year....but i have my doubts.

[HPLovecraft]

I don't think Canada will get by Russia in the Quarters. I believe Babcock will go down in the annals of Canadian Olympic hockey as a colossal failure. It seems management is already upset with him.

[Kesler17]

Originally Posted by MelBridgeman

Not suprised that a canuck fan would disgrace an Stanley Cup Champ...considering you prob have zero respect for what it takes to win one....Fluery > Luongo.

So Osgood>Fluery>Miller>Luongo?

[opendoor]

Originally Posted by browna

So if this rumor is true, do you play Luongo on back to back nights? Assuming he wins and has confidence though, can you not go with him? But you have two other goalies as an option too.

Back to backs haven't been a problem for Luongo. This season he's played both halves of a back to back 6 times. In those 12 games he's 10-2-0.

I think the bigger concern is that he sometimes has trouble after long layoffs (he's a slow starter every year, he wasn't great after coming back from injury last year, and the Chicago series was after 10 days off between rounds). Given that, I think it's imperative that he gets game action against the weaker Germany as a primer for a possible matchup with Russia.

[Huntingwhale]

I think we will be fine with Luongo in net. Brodeur pretty much played his way out of the net. That should motivate Luongo to be stellar given that this opportunity is being handed to him on a platter.