Comments for Holding Court: Luongo or Schneider? at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:16:13 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/917-holding-court/4987-holding-court-luongo-or-schneider#comment-22983 Jonathan Bernier. If TO is thinking Cory Schneider, why not Bernier? Might be easier to pry from LA for less. - DarthVain Mon, 22 Oct 2012 04:31:25 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/917-holding-court/4987-holding-court-luongo-or-schneider#comment-22974 What does his poor playoffs have to do with anything? For a regular season league, Luongo is gold. And what the heck are you talking about with "poor track record" over the last few seasons? I bet if we look at goalie win totals for the past 6 years, Luongo is at least top 3. For the last 2 seasons I bet he is at least top 6 (and top 5 for GAA and SV% though that isn't a part of this article). I think that Schneider has higher upside (Kipper but less GP as AV will want to rest him for the playoffs) while Luongo will get at least 30 and almost definitely 35 wins.. In a 82 game season, he might play the first 10 with the canucks (starting 5 and winning 4) then he plays 72 with another team (starting [at least] 60 winning [at least] 30). Luongo is like Kipper too in that he is a workhorse. I have no doubt that any team willing to pay what it will take to acquire him will ride him to the playoffs. He should start more than 60 games and win at least half of his games (Toronto with Luongo should [barely] make the playoffs with 40 wins, most of those by Luongo, Florida was the number 3 seed and I don't see them regressing much when they upgrade that much in goal, and Chicago with a good goalie would be going for a top 2 seed!). I wholeheartedly agree that you can't go wrong with either goalie. I think Schneider should get between 30 and 45 wins, while Luongo should get 35-40. I do think that Luongo could have a Thomas like season and that Schneider could have a Kipper like season (which would translate to something like 50 wins on a team like the Canucks). My reccomendation for poolies is to pick Luongo, thanks to a better draft position value and certainty of wins. Only take Schneider if you think there will be a goalie run of epic proportions after your pick, you want a higher risk pick than that position usually produces, and you think that Luongo will be traded within the first 20 games or so of the season. For projected wins, I would put them both at about 36 wins. - austeane Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:14:45 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/917-holding-court/4987-holding-court-luongo-or-schneider#comment-22973 mounD: Keep in mind that the purpose of the column is to put forth strong arguments for both sides. But to respond to your comment, keep in mind that Luongo ended up with only the 8th best GAA and 7th best SV% among the 13th playoff goalies who suited up for 6 or more games. Maybe not "poor" but certainly below average. - RizzeeDizzee Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:50:34 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/917-holding-court/4987-holding-court-luongo-or-schneider#comment-22971 Uhm I don't know about you, but I wouldn't even dare consider Luongo's 2010-11 playoff performance "poor." The guy was one game away from taking his team to a Championship, so the argument that his playoffs were somehow "poor" due to an admittedly lackluster game 7 is a complete and utter joke of a claim. Just an unfunny, unsupported, raving lunatic-like claim that only serves to cloud the fact that Lu actually had a solid showing throughout much of those playoffs. Just wanted to clear that up so your readers don't get the wrong idea. It seems like people like to forget everything good Luongo has done in favor of a few awful moments. Is MAF going to completely busy goin forward because he had perhaps he worst playoff series for a goaltender in the past decade? He'll no. It's essentially the same argument (aside from age, and potentially location), but to say that Luongo is a "poor" playoff performer the past two years is just a lie. - mounD Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:03:11 +0100