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Originally Posted by theripper
different years,different teams, different players,different strategies. that record means nothing.
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How often do you think Luongo played in Minnesota while he was with Florida and the Islanders?
The Canucks play in Minnesota 3 times a year (it was 4 times up until last season).. He's had the same coach his entire time here (same system), and very similar personnel.
Florida and the Islanders play in Minnesota once every 3 years.
All but 2 or 3 of Luongo's starts in Minnesota have been with the Canucks, and since Luongo joined the Canucks they've won the division 4 times in 5 years; they've had a good team most of the time he's been here.
I don't think he's necessarily 'bad' in Minnesota - the team has put up some real stinkers there, and I think the statistic about being bad in a particular arena doesn't have much weight; in such a small sample size every goaltender is guaranteed to be awful in one arena or another... but that said, it's not
really different teams/systems/etc.