Seven or eight year cap on how long the contract could be.

You could just make it, however, long as you want.

Rick DiPietro got 15 years that was done long ago, didn't quite get 15 but he did get forever and ever on man, and he's not even gonna play the final three years of his deal, so that will result in a Kappa Recapture penalty for both the Panthers and the Canucks.

But that's not what I'm here to talk about.

If you want a link to a video at the end of this one featuring Faisel, COMESA and Chris Johnson, where they break it all down, I want to talk about Roberta long ago.

The man the legend of the goalie wanna goalie the Golden goalie, if you will.

Roberta long ago is the subject of so many What if scenarios, which shouldn't be surprising because he got drafted 22 years ago.

As a matter of fact, the draft that we just had in Vancouver this past weekend, none of the players who were picked were even alive when Roberta Wango made his way into the National Hockey League.

Wendel Clark?

Is that a name that's familiar to you about?

It is he was a leaf.

He was a captain of the Leafs, and then he got traded to the Quebec Nordiques in exchange for, in part Mats Sundin.

That worked out pretty good for the lead.

Clark got traded to the New York Islanders, and in March of 1996 leaves decided they want him back.

So on March 13th 1996 the Leafs acquire Wendel Clark, defender Matthew Schneider and D.

J.

Smith, who was actually just the Leafs assistant coach and is now the head coach of the Ottawa Senators.

A lot of the senator wanted to say like that.

In exchange, the Islanders get Sean Haggerty, Darby Hendrickson, Kenny Johnson and, in 1997 1st round pick A mystery box believes they never learned believe should know better than almost any team that trading your first round pick over a year ahead of time often bites you because you never know when you're gonna suck. 00:01:59.860 --> 00:02:7.550 For example, A few years prior, the Leafs traded away their first round pick, did not anticipate sucking, and they ended up giving New Jersey the pick. 00:02:7.730 --> 00:02:9.900 The drafted Scott Niedermayer. 00:02:9.910 --> 00:02:11.270 Fast forward to this trade.

The leaves get Wendel Clark back.

Everyone celebrates.

And then they proceed to give up the fourth overall pick to the New York Islanders.

And with that pick, the Islanders select Roberta Lubango.

Longo's rookie season was the 99 2000 season.

He played 22 games, put up a 904 same percentage, but whatever.

He's a rookie.

But gas, what the others did at the end of Luang goes rookie season.

The Islanders had the first overall pick, and they use that to select Rick DiPietro.

Another goal worth mentioning.

The second overall pick that season, Dany Heatley.

June 24 2000.

The Islanders make a trade to get forwards Oleg Kvasha and Mark Parrish and to the Florida Panthers. 00:02:51.000 --> 00:03:1.460 The Islanders send only Jochen and Poof and Roberta Lelong go Oh, in 2013 Rick de Piatra was bought out by the Islanders using a compliance bio. 00:03:1.470 --> 00:03:2.570 Remember those things? 00:03:2.570 --> 00:03:4.430 De Piatra cost the Islanders nothing in games. 00:03:4.430 --> 00:03:5.860 The cap, which is wonderful. 00:03:5.860 --> 00:03:13.420 But they're going to be paying him $1.5 million in cash every year until 2000 and 29.

That's a decade from now, because math.

So I have that trade workout.

Roberta longer retires second all time among goalies with 1044 games played and third in wins with 489.

That's how you know he is done.

Done, man 11 win shy of 500.

He probably could have picked those 11 winds up this season.

He opted not to.

He's going to retire.

It's gonna spend some time with his family.

He's done.

He's given the NHL all that he can.

He's 40 years old now.

There's a couple unfortunate notes with his career.

For sure.

His tenure with the Vancouver Canucks was Bazaar. 00:03:50.140 --> 00:04:3.390 In eight seasons with the Canucks, Lubango put up a 9 20 save percentage or hire three times, including a 9 to 8 in 60 games in 2010 11 which is unbelievable and ridiculous. 00:04:3.400 --> 00:04:10.140 Unfortunately, some of that is clouded by the fiasco that was the 2011 Stanley Cup final against the Boston Bruins.

The connection up two games, zero.

All of a sudden, it looks like they're gonna want to their first ever Stanley Cup Bruins get back in the series.

All of a sudden, questions arise as to whether or not Cory Schneider should be the starter.

Mid final Bruins went in seven, and it was never quite the same after that.

The connection would even go on to win the president's trophy the following season on Lee to run into the juggernaut L A Kings in the first round.

But 2012?

That's 2011.

What about 2010 years Canada's goalie in net on home ice in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympics?

Or while he was one of them, Martin Broder was between the pipes for Canada to start, and Luang Go actually stole that job.

And thank goodness he did, too, because of the gold medal game.

What does everyone talk about with that game?

Everyone talks about the golden goal.

Sidney Crosby Drome again lowered the set up past that a heard around the world. 00:04:59.830 --> 00:05:0.830 You know, nobody talks. 00:05:0.830 --> 00:05:5.780 About about 15 seconds before that gold goes in the net, maybe even less. 00:05:5.860 --> 00:05:11.920 Roberta Wango makes the save of the tournament on Joe Pavelski, a very brief synopsis of what happened.

Scott Niedermayer, the captain of the Canadian Olympic team, gives the puck away.

Joe Pavelski has a wide open chance in front.

Luang Go gets just a piece of it, and the game continues.

This was overtime in the gold medal game.

In that moment, Luang go saved his legacy.

Scott Niedermayer's legacy for sure, and Canadian pride bragging rights forever.

Can you imagine if Canada coughed that up after having a to nothing lead in the gold medal game?

The Golden goal was wonderful, and I enjoyed it immensely.

But none of that happens unless Luang go Rob's Pavelski and overtime.

That's an alternate history that no, don't need to live. 00:05:53.500 --> 00:06:1.430 That one thing I've seen a lot of hockey fans talk about, especially on hockey Twitter, about Lo Wang goes career is the missed opportunity in Vancouver. 00:06:1.440 --> 00:06:13.190 To me, the missed opportunity with his career was in Florida because longer played 448 games is a Vancouver Canuck played eight seasons there and in six of those seasons they made the playoffs.

That's pretty good.

Roberto Alonzo played 572 regular season games with the Florida Panthers, parts of 11 seasons.

Remember, we're talking about the goalie with the second most ever games played and the third most ever wins.

How many playoff appearances did the Florida Panthers have while Lo Wang go was a Panther?

I'll let you mull that over in your head.

Remember, he played almost 600 games with them.

11 seasons, second ever in games played, third most wins.

He won a lot of games, give you a couple more seconds.

Time's up, one one stinking playoff appearance they had.

And whoa, I'm not criticizing Roberta Long go for that.

He was fantastic. 00:06:53.940 --> 00:07:1.230 Over 572 regular season games with the Panthers, he had a 9 19 save percentage and a 2.61 goals against average. 00:07:1.240 --> 00:07:4.480 That's not just giving your team a chance to win on a nightly basis. 00:07:4.480 --> 00:07:27.000 That is sparkling losing record with the 230 wins, 241 losses and 73 ties or overtime losses because he played in an era where there were ties, by the way, with Roberta Juan go with one of the best goalies of all time in 11 seasons, the Florida Panthers made the plants one stinking time.

Six playoff games they got into one of the best goalies ever.

First ballot Hall of Famer.

So having said all of that as a fan of hockey of the sport of the league, Florida Panthers Thanks for nothing.

I heard a lot of hockey fans talk about Henrik Lundquist like he's hard done by Holy cow.

They talk about goalie standing on their heads.

The Panthers made long ago play most of his career with a Purple Face. 00:07:49.230 --> 00:08:5.280 So if that Bruin Siri's went a little differently in 2011 if that juggernaut of a King's team didn't randomly come together at the trade deadline in 2012 if the Florida Panthers gave Lubango any gold support ever, there's so many what ifs. 00:08:5.280 --> 00:08:13.180 But there's no what if there's no denying the fact that River Along Go is one of the best goalies to ever play in the NHL?

He did everything for his team's except score goals and looking at some of the teams that he played on.

If he could.

He what?

Although worth noting 23 career assists, Longo's actually tied for 46th in career scoring by players selected in the 1997 NHL draft.

He was 46th out of 246.

He is a goaltender.

And what a goaltender.

What a career.

Leave a comment down below.

What is your favorite Roberta Lubango moment?

I know what minus I was.

I was in the building for that.

That's the ticket.

So that is it for this video.

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