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What do you guys think about the starting goalie situation. Go with Lu or Cory? Tough call, but something seems depressing the way Lou floundered on his stomach on that wrap around. Any goalie in the league would have known that that far post was priority. Was he making a point?
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I'm half commenting directly, half ranting at the way Lou gets treated.
I think AV'd be crazy to not start Lou. It's not like
he's been the one losing them games. Sure he's let in some goals - but the team has only scored once or twice. It doesn't matter how few goals Lou lets in if the team isn't scoring in front of him.
The reason you can tell Lou is playing well is if people aren't talking shit about him, but talking about the lack of scoring.
There seem to only be ways most fans look at Lou, either he's a bum and we should trade him when they lose - or the team in front of him is playing so well in spite of him.
This infuriates me because people seem to forget
he won Canada a gold medal. Not Crosby. Brodeur was shitting the bed until Lou stepped in and allowed Canada to get to where they got to. Do people ever attribute that with Luongo? Of course not. Because he succeeded at something. Even if he wins a cup, the school of thought would immediately turn to "Well he didn't get the Conn Smythe/Well he doesn't have
two cups."
As a Vancouver fan I shudder to think how fucking horrible the team would be doing if we
didn't have Luongo all these years. As a fan, nobody should talk shit about him. You support your team through everything. Sure they're professionals, but they're still
people. Nobody likes being talked down to, and there's only so much shit talking someone can take. Why would you want to risk making a superstar goaltender despise the fans and the city he lives/plays in because everyone is always breathing down his neck and giving him shit. No wonder the guy is a head case. Nobody here lets him have any success. When he wins, it was a good team victory. When he loses, he played like shit and Schnieds should be put in. There's never really any middleground that the "fans" give Lou. I understand it's because most people have such unrealistic expectations for him, and apparently expect 82 consecutive starts and 82 shutouts, and a few hat-tricks thrown in there between ripping tickets and selling popcorn - but
come the fuck on.
And with that far post thing he had a Lou moment. That's just what he does. You could tell the flow of the game - you know the game was lost at that point. So from his perspective maybe he's thinking "Why the fuck do I want to exert myself at the end of the game and possibly injure my leg by frantically stretching for the far post", or maybe he just thought "fuck it, this game is lost."
I'm not defending him on it or anything. It's the playoffs. It should be 110% 100% of the time. if you're not pouring sweat and sucking wind, you're not playing hard enough.
To me, it just looks like they're so dejected that they have to go through 3 rounds to get to where they expect to be.
Being that they are the best team for the last 2 seasons I haven't lost hope, and I'm not panicking (yet).
What
does scare me - is that if they get knocked out - everyone will scream for an overhaul despite the fact they
have been the best team in the league 2 years in a row. Being the statistically best team out of 30 teams in an 82 game season 2 years in a row - that's pretty fucking impressive in any sport except hockey because everyone puts
all stock in the Cup. I'm not saying the Cup isn't important.
It's the fucking Cup.
I've just always thought that the President's trophy winners should also get celebrated; much like how in Soccer the league winners get celebrated, not completely glanced over.
ramble ramble ramble.