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Luongo Officially Signs
by Paul on 09/02/09 at 11:46 AM ET
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Vancouver, B.C. - Vancouver Canucks President and General Manager Mike Gillis announced today that goaltender Roberto Luongo has agreed to terms on a 12 year contract extension through the 2021-2022 season.
“Today is a very exciting day for the Canucks organization,” said Mike Gillis. “Roberto Luongo is the leader of our hockey team; he is in the prime of his playing career and has a tremendous desire to make the Canucks a championship team. His leadership, competitiveness and character are what this team will represent for many years to come.”
“This is a great day for me and my family,” said Roberto Luongo. “I love playing in a passionate hockey city like Vancouver and along with my teammates I am committed to doing everything I can to help make this a championship team.”
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its heavily front loaded, so im guessing he will most likely retire towards the end of the contract. rds is reporting
2010-2011: 10 millions
2011-2012: 6.716 millions
2012-2018: 6.714 millions
2018-2019: 3.382 millions
2019-2020: 1.618 million
2020-2021 1 million
2021-2022 1 million
Hopefully we won’t get any crap like what hossa got with his deal.
The cap hit is 5.3 million per year.
Posted by Luongo-is-my-hero on 09/02/09 at 12:44 PM ET
Hopefully we won’t get any crap like what hossa got with his deal.
The problem with Hossa’s deal was the money dropped off too steeply from one year to the next at the end. It looks like Luongo’s deal is enough of a gradual decrease that it’s less questionable.
Great deal, locking up a franchise goalie for 5.3 is a steal, especially one in the absolute top tier of goaltenders.
Posted by shanetx on 09/02/09 at 01:39 PM ET
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I thought Detroit might end up with him.
Posted by HockeyinHD on 09/02/09 at 11:45 AM ET