As great of a story Florida Panthers goalie Roberto Luongo’s homecoming is now, all signs point to it not standing the test of time and eventually only disappointing.
Need proof? Look only to Luongo’s seven-season tenure with the Vancouver Canucks. It was, in a word, epic.
He got named captain, helped lead the team to five straight Northwest Division titles and even within a game of the Stanley Cup. He even participated in two Olympics, including the 2010 edition in Vancouver as Team Canada’s gold-medal-winning starter.
Even with all those positives, most people will only remember the lows. He had to eventually step down as captain and was in net for numerous embarrassing playoff defeats, including the 4-0 Game 7 loss against the Boston Bruins back in 2011 that led to the city’s post-Stanley Cup Final riot.
There was also, of course, the goaltending controversy between him and Cory Schneider, the goaltending controversy between him and Eddie Lack and, who can forget, the two-year-long trade-watch saga that resulted from the two.
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Why the Florida Panthers Reacquiring Roberto Luongo Was the Wrong Move
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