Roberto Luongo: Overrated Goalie or Over-Criticized Goalie?
August 13th, 2010 by Charlie O'Connor Leave a reply »Buried within arbitrator Richard Bloch's twenty-page decision regarding Ilya Kovalchuk's contract situation, there was a mention of Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo.
Bloch implied that Luongo's recently signed 12-year, $62 million extension could still be rejected by the NHL.
Such a decision would make the all-star goalie an unrestricted free agent, a prospect that at first glance would seemingly terrify the Canucks faithful.
Or maybe not.
Bloch's decision has set off a firestorm of debate regarding whether a rejection of Luongo's contract would actually be a good thing for Vancouver's future.
The main argument? Luongo is overrated, and overpaid for his current production.
NHL.fanhouse.com hockey blogger Monte Stewart even posited that the Canucks would be better off with former Chicago goalie Antti Niemi or young prospect Cory Schneider as starting goalie, due to their smaller cap hits.
These type of arguments have flooded the hockey blogosphere over the past week.
So is Roberto Luongo not actually an elite NHL goalie? Wou ...
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