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Originally Posted by DanHibiki
Luongo has made TONS of highlight reel saves just like Schneider did last night. But I don't judge how good a goaltender is based on desperation saves because that is all they are, lucky, at the right time, desperation saves. 9 out of 10 times that puck would have gone in. And this isn't knocking Schneider but just saying that you can't base how good a goalie is on desperation saves.
Now the game against NYR. The way I see it is the Canucks were owning them. Peppering them with 30+ shots and not getting rewarded for it. It's frustrating. So when NYR gets that first goal in the 3rd period, it put the whole team on tilt. And you know that when you go on tilt, it's only downhill from there.
If the Canucks got the first goal, I bet we would have seen a much different game.
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Although I mentioned him, I wasn't talking about Lu. What I was addressing, is the defense and the typical fanbase mantra of: "Our defense sucks."
Do people really believe we should blow our core top 2 pairings of:
Edler - Salo
Bieksa - Hammer
Or or people thinking our plugger pairing is at fault:
Alberts - Ballard
Rome + (rotating call ups)
Heck, should the franchise spend $6 - $7M on a norris calibre defensemen the likes of Lidstrom, Pronger, Keith, Doughty... that'll be the end of scoring chances against Lu? Looks like a certain contingent of the fanbase needs to be a lot more in touch with reality than the one they like to criticize.
Besides, I already mentioned in a previous post, Luongo's quick 3 goals against in EDM hopefully would be his own wake up call; because it sure did look like it when he got pulled.