Greatest Goaltender in the League since 2006!

Roberto Luongo (Born April 4, 1979) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Born in Montreal, Quebec, he is of Italian and Irish ancestry. He employs the butterfly style of goaltending, and has previously played in the NHL for the New York Islanders and the Florida Panthers. Luongo has been a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender (2004, 2007 and 2011), the Lester B. Pearson Award as the top player voted by his peers (2004 and 2007), the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player (2007), and the William M. Jennings Trophy (along with Cory Schneider) for backstopping his team to the lowest goals-against average in the league (2011).

In five seasons with Florida, Luongo established team records for most all-time games played, wins and shutouts. During the 2006 off-season, he was traded to the Canucks after failed contract negotiations with the Panthers. Following his second season with the Canucks, he became the first NHL goaltender to serve as a team captain since Bill Durnan in the 1947–48 season. Luongo served in that capacity for two seasons before resigning from the position before the 2010–11 season. That year, he helped the Canucks to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals and lost to the Boston Bruins.

Internationally, Luongo has competed for Team Canada in numerous tournaments. As a junior, he won a silver medal at the 1999 World Junior Championships, while being named Best Goaltender in his second tournament appearance. Luongo has won two gold medals at the 2003 and 2004 World Championships and a silver in the 2005 World Championships. He also won the 2004 World Cup championship and appeared in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin as a backup to Martin Brodeur in both instances. He succeeded Brodeur as Canada's starting goaltender during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, winning a gold medal.

Starting from the year of 2010, Luongo has had a great deal of attention from his critics and even his own fans for the team's lack of advancement in the playoffs, but also for normal, objective post-game interview remarks he make to respond to his sports reporters. Fans of Vancouver Canucks, while they call themselves a part of the Canuck family, disparage their own players, especially their goaltender, and set their own hometown on fire.

We are gathered here to stop this nonsensical criticism, and look towards Luongo's brilliant past and a bright future. Let's believe in Luongo!

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