Corey Schneider has played in a total of 40 NHL games, started in even less of those.
Luongo has had 40 or more wins in a SINGLE SEASON twice in his career.
Schneider's professional NHL career numbers are: .920 SV% and a 2.45 GAA.
Luongo's: .919 SV% and 2.53 GAA. Mind you he played in Florida for half of his career.
Fans are crying for Luongo to be traded or even just flat out benched. Benching a Luongo would be the same as killing the only trained medical physician during a viral epidemic. You can tell him that he has played poorly, but I'm sure that he already knows that. Players like Luongo don't get to where they are now - once regarded as one of the best goalies in the world - by not being hard on themselves, and demanding perfection.
I'm not saying Schneider isn't any good. Actually, I'm of the belief that you don't even need a high priced goaltender to make it in the NHL. It helps, but the goalie only has to be good enough. If you use the money that you saved on your goalie, to buy more firepower up front, then it's hard to stop everything when you have two first lines. This is probably why I'm not a GM somewhere.
I like Schneider, he is a great goalie and will be a spectacular starting goalie one day...just not for the Canucks. Luongo is also a GREAT goalie, I think the only problem people have with him is the money he is making. If he made 20% less than what he signed for, he would be a steal. As far as goalies go, having a situation where the question is, "Who should start? Because we have two number one goalies", then it shouldn't be a problem in the first place.
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