Sunday afternoon, the Vancouver Canucks face the Florida Panthers and that means a reunion with Roberto Luongo.
Luongo, who was sent to Florida by Vancouver ahead of the trade deadline, has settled into a comfortable (albeit losing) situation in Sunrise. Meanwhile the Canucks have had a rough go of things lately.
Luongo’s former teammates are ready to do what they can to remind him what they’re missing out on.
Henrik Sedin said the game should be a great moment.
"It's going to be special for sure. It'll be fun. He was a great teammate. We went through a lot together" - Henrik, on facing Lu #Canucks
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) March 15, 2014
Alex Burrows said he knows the key to beating Luongo.
"What Lu can't see, he can't stop..." - Burrows on how to score on Luongo #Canucks
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) March 15, 2014
Finally, Eddie Lack, Luongo’s heir apparent in goal, has a fun idea for how to handle facing his former mentor.
"I'll probably ask him if he wants to have a goalie fight or something like that" - Lack, on what he'll say to Luongo in warmup. #Canucks
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) March 15, 2014
Regardless of what happens, there likely hasn’t been a game looked forward to this much in Florida all season. Just think, all it took was for a wild, and probably long overdue, trade to go down to make it happen.