Roberto Luongo

REMEMBER WHEN YOUR MOTHER TOLD YOU…
“HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY”…
REMEMBER THAT???
TROUBLE IS…MOM NEVER PLAYED FOR THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS…
IF SHE HAD…SHE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU…
”NEVER TELL ANYBODY WHAT YOU’ REALLY THINK!!!”…
ON SATURDAY NIGHT ROBERTO LUONGO APPEARED ON HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA AS PART OF “AFTER HOURS”…
KEEP IN MIND…
THIS WAS JUST MINUTES AFTER THE CANUCKS HAD BEEN EMBARASSED 5-1 BY PHOENIX…
LUONGO WAS ASKED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HE PLANS TO SIGN AN EXTENTION WITH THE CANUCKS AFTER THIS SEASON…
THIS WAS HIS RESPONSE…
“I WANT TO WIN THE CUP…AND WHICHEVER TEAM IS GOING TO GIVE ME THE BEST CHANCE TO DO THAT…IS THE TEAM I WANT TO BE WITH”…
BIG MISTAKE…
LUONGO COULD HAVE RUN OVER SANTA CLAUS…ON CHRISTMAS EVE…AND BE FORGIVEN…
BUT TO SUGGEST…EVEN AFTER A VERY EMBARASSING LOSS…THAT THE ANSWER IS…”MOVING TO ANOTHER TEAM”…
WELL…IN THIS TOWN…THAT IS CAUSE TO BE LABLED A “HERITIC” AND TO BE EXCOMMUNICATED…
HE IS CERTINLY NOT THE FIRST CANUCK “STAR”…TO SPEAK IN THOSE TREASONIST TERMS…
THAT LIST INCLUDES BOTH PAVEL BURE AND MARKUS NASLUND…
AND AS YOU KNOW…BOTH WERE “CAST OUT” BY VANCOUVER HOCKEY FANS…
LET’S BE CLEAR…
LUONGO’S FUTURE IN THIS CITY WILL BE DECIDED BY ONE THING…AND ONE THING ONLY…
HIS PEFORMANCE THIS SPRING…PERIOD!!!
IN THE NEW NHL…THERE HAS BEEN NOT BEEN A SINGLE TEAM…ADVANCE TO THE STANLEY CUP FINAL…WITH A $7 MILLION DOLLAR GOALTENDER…
OR $6 MILLION…OR $5 MILLION…OR EVEN $4 MILLION…
IF INDEED THE PRIORITY IS TO WIN A CUP…
THEN THE CANUCKS WILL NEED ALL THE CAP SALARY THEY CAN FIND…
SO…PERHAPS ROBERTO LUONGO SHOULD NOT BE ASKING…
“WHAT CAN THE CANUCKS CAN DO FOR “ME”???”
BUT RATHER…”WHAT “I” CAN DO FOR THE CANUCKS???”
YOU KNOW…MOM WOULD LIKE THAT…