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SkinnyPupp · 04-03-2012, 08:26 PM

The "issue" with Luongo is that no matter how good he is (and he is very good, there is no denying it) there will ALWAYS be the stigma of the long term contract. Normally it wouldn't be a huge deal, but when a guy who is better or at least as good comes along, we will lose him because of the contract. The team is basically handcuffed. And of course this is nothing against him personally - if someone throws $100 million at you, of course you are going to take it!

Another issue I can think of is giving him the C, then getting denied, then saying he's the "honorary" captain anyway.. that left a bad taste in a lot of peoples mouths.

Then you have other things like the pouting, interviews, pumping tires, etc.

I think a lot of the reaction you see is not because people think Lu sucks, but more that there is an alternative potentially, and there's nothing we can do with him after this season pretty much.

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SkinnyPupp Hacked RS to become a mod Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong Posts: 55,097 Thanked 25,910 Times in 9,105 Posts Failed 1,574 Times in 720 Posts Member's Picture Albums	The "issue" with Luongo is that no matter how good he is (and he is very good, there is no denying it) there will ALWAYS be the stigma of the long term contract. Normally it wouldn't be a huge deal, but when a guy who is better or at least as good comes along, we will lose him because of the contract. The team is basically handcuffed. And of course this is nothing against him personally - if someone throws $100 million at you, of course you are going to take it! Another issue I can think of is giving him the C, then getting denied, then saying he's the "honorary" captain anyway.. that left a bad taste in a lot of peoples mouths. Then you have other things like the pouting, interviews, pumping tires, etc. I think a lot of the reaction you see is not because people think Lu sucks, but more that there is an alternative potentially, and there's nothing we can do with him after this season pretty much.