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Canucks Basking In Luongo’s Glory

from Bernie Miklasz of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,

Luongo has stopped 55 of 56 shots in this series, and if you include Vancouver’s final three regular-season games, he’s allowed only two goals in the last 145 shots fired at him. When a goaltender is this bulletproof, he emboldens his entire team.

That’s why it was comical to see all of the Canucks’ posturing and taunting in the first two games, especially near the end of Game 2. The Canucks haven’t outplayed the Blues; the Canucks just happen to employ the world’s hottest goaltender at the moment. And they’re riding him. Basking in his glory.

That’s the unfortunate part of this match-up from a St. Louis perspective: in Round 1, the Blues came up against an opponent that’s just as hot as they were. And that team, Vancouver, has the one NHL goalie sizzling at a higher temperature than the Blues’ Chris Mason.

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When a goaltender is this bulletproof, he emboldens his entire team.

I believe the word you’re looking for is “embiggens”.

Posted by Ryan from Toronto on 04/19/09 at 02:36 PM ET

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I believe the word you’re looking for is “embiggens”.

Perfectly cromulent.

Posted by Incognetis from Delaware... Hi... I'm in... Delaware on 04/19/09 at 02:43 PM ET

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