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Originally Posted by Noir
We gotta give this moot point a rest.
Firstly, it's too much to ask that it takes 5 or more goals to bail out a goalie (we just went through this again with NYR). However, it's reasonable to ask a goalie to keep his GAA at 2 or below; moreso at the SCF when players are expected to be turning in "the best games of their lives"
So really, people aren't ragging on Luongo because they lost. They rag on him because HOW they lost.
Honestly, if they came out losing the SCF but he kept us close and losing by a goal or two max... I guarantee you a lot more people will see it a lot more differently. But that didn't happen and what's worse is the people saw a goalie that didn't care about his 8 goal game, or 5 or 4... and that's what makes people sour about how he lost.
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Totally disagree, I think too many people are overlooking that fact and just love to blame everything 100% on Lu. Sure Lu, had 2 horrid games in the finals, but using your exampleof 2 GAA, in the 3 wins Lu kept it to 2 goals or less with 2 shutouts. In fact, in those wins, our offense and powerplay disappeared and couldn't finish when it counted. Without Lu in those games, we could've easy lost the finals in 5 games. Don't forget, all the way up to game 2 of the finals, there was serious talk about Lu being a Conn Smythe favorite.
The Sedins disappeared and where more brutal than Lu in the finals, yet everyone gives them a pass and just focuses on ragging on Lu. I can kind of understand since mistakes are more glarring when you're a goalie just like if you where a quarterback or pitcher. Even in the Rangers game the other night on 3 of those goals where horrible defensive zone break downs by the d and forwards, yet everyone just focuses on Lu.
Am I a Lu fan? No, I'm pretty neutral on him, I actually like Schneids a lot more, but the blame he gets in Vancouver is a bit ridiculous.