Roberto Luongo Traded to Panthers: Updates and Analysis of Multi-Player Deal

March 4th, 2014 by Matt Fitzgerald Leave a reply »

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo will be reunited with the Florida Panthers thanks to a trade Tuesday that sends him back to the Sunshine State in exchange for netminder Jacob Markstrom and forward Shawn Matthias.    

According to TSN's James Duthie, Luongo confirmed news of the trade himself as he was signing the papers to make it official:



Gord Miller of TSN reports that the Canucks will retain part of Luongo's salary as part of the deal:



TSN insider Darren Dreger summed up the deal. He also heard that there were as many as three different trade scenarios between the Canucks and Panthers, with Tuesday's transaction being the culmination of both sides' efforts to get a deal done:  





Luongo discussed the trade via Iain MacIntyre of The Vancouver Sun and Ben Kuzma of The Province:



The New York Islanders drafted Luongo as the No. 4 overall pick in 1997, making him the first goalie in league history to be selected that high. However, after a turbulent rookie campaign in 1999 ...

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