[Bonka]

If the Canucks had won the Stanley Cup Luongo would be an MVP candidate. Oh the irony.

I like the idea of going with the hot hand but when you have a goalie like Luongo and all that comes with it I wonder if that scenario would even work out for him at all. It's certainly not a rust issue nor a technical issue. He almost seems to lack any sort of urgency to perform perhaps because it's early in the season..or perhaps he thinks he won't lose his starting position..Either way he seems to need to absorb a lot of games to get his rhythm so for those who want to sit him out in October, who's to say he won't crap out the same way in November? December?

I actually wonder how Luongo would fare if he abandoned his current technical style. Luongo is an instinctual goalie and over the years he has relied far more on proper mechanics and positioning because in practice he looks fabulous. However, in-game there's a certain amount of leverage where you end up abandoning taught skills to make the save and in some games, it looks like his brain just cramps up.

Either way, we're pretty spoiled. We definitely don't have a goaltending problem because even if Luongo crapped the bed, we have an enviable backup in Schneider.