Tagged: Luongo

After signing Roberto Luongo to a 12-year/$64 million deal, Mike Gillis went on a few sports shows, including the FAN 590 where he revealed this little nugget about Lui’s no-trade clause: There is a point in time where Roberto can, if we’re not on track in a number of years, he can ask and we would accommodate a move for him. And there’s another one that’s reciprocal for us. Gillis wasn’t specific on the date, but I’d dare guess that Lui’s out clause is around the time period the Sedins’ contracts expire and the Canucks’ is around the time he...

As a Canucks fan, I can’t help but feel giddy about the news today that Roberto Luongo has signed a 12-year contract extension. His annual salary breaks down as follows: 2010-2011 $10 million 2011-2012 $6.716 million 2012-2013 $6.714 million 2013-2014 $6.714 million 2014-2015 $6.714 million 2015-2016 $6.714 million 2016-2017 $6.714 million 2017-2018 $6.714 million 2018-2019 $3.382 million 2019-2020 $1.618 million 2020-2021 $1 million 2021-2022 $1 million I agree the term is long – and no doubt it is a risk – but the resulting cap hit is a very respectable $5.3 million. Think of what signal this signing sends to...

And I couldn’t be happier. Terrible game against Chicago aside, the man is bad ass. He’s committed, the Sedins are on board, and Gillis is doing whatever he can. The defence is re-stacked (I think I just made that word up), our baybee prospect cupboard is now respectable, I have a newly declared Canucks boyfren, and Welly lost 18 pounds and will henceforth be known as Kate Moss. The Canucks are ready to ROCK YOUR WORLD, bishes!!!1 Now go have a drink in Luongo’s honour. Make sure it tastes like delicious kick saves.

It broke early, but was a nice thing to wake to. The Canucks are now justifying the rumours that ravaged Twitter thanks to the fake Luongo account and reporting that the superstar netminder has inked a 12 year contract extension. As club policy the terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it’s obviously front loaded, and rumoured to be 64 million dollars. That would work out to 5.33 million dollars against the cap which for a star goaltender like that is all you can ask. Luongo had this to say on the signing. I love playing in a passionate...

I disagree with Ed Willes’ (Vancouver Province) and Cam Cole’s (Vancouver Sun) pieces that the Canucks must deal Roberto Luongo. From Willes: This might be the ultimate example of burying the lead, but let’s pause for a moment and consider the goalies who were still alive in the playoffs before Tuesday’s games. In the Detroit-Anaheim series, you had a showdown between Chris Osgood, the man who’s widely considered to be the single greatest impediment between the Wings and a second straight Cup win, and Jonas Hiller, a 27-year-old NHL sophomore late of the Swiss league. Back east in the Boston-Carolina...