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Saint Nik said:leafplasma said:Loungo has lost a fair amount of lustre in my eyes despite putting up great numbers on a great team last year. I would have a hard time placing him on my top 5 let alone number 2 right now. I think a guy like Ryan Miller if on the nucks puts up better numbers than Lou does in Vancouver last year. I just have to include Miller in my top 5. Maybe that is because of how he plays against our Leafs, who knows but it is more than just stats for me and I really like Miller.
Luongo didn't just put up good regular season numbers, he took his team to within a game of the Cup. Before the Bruins series he was pretty close to lights out.
He's won a Olympic Gold, was a Vezina finalist, got nominated for the Hart a few years back and you wouldn't put him in the top five? I don't see there's much of a rationale for that.
His playoff stats from 2009-2011 range from pretty average to below average and while he's had some good games in the playoffs, he's had his fair share of important games where he played terribly with it all on the line.
I'm not sure winning the gold medal as Canada's goalie is the most difficult task ever, given an all-star roster which was one of the top 2 in terms of talent and home ice advantage. Did he have to stand on his head for Canada to stand a chance? Not exactly. He got the opportunity because Marty stumbled.
He's a top 10 goalie for sure, but past playoff performances, and factoring in cap hits (he's 2nd in the league I think) I'm not sure he's top 5 anymore.