Tomorrow night the Vancouver Canucks will try to secure their first Stanely Cup victory when they take on the Boston Bruins in game 6 from the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston.
One thing this series has been is chippy both on and off the ice. We’ve seen hard hits, game misconducts and plenty of trash talk from both teams.
Some of talk that is making headway is coming from Vancouver goaltender Roberto Luongo. After Vancouver’s 1-0 game 5 victory Luongo was asked about Lapierre’s goal that gave the Canucks the edge…
Q. Roberto, can you talk about from a goalie’s perspective how difficult it is to play a shot off the endboard?
ROBERTO LUONGO: It’s not hard if you’re playing in the paint. It’s an easy save for me, but if you’re wandering out and aggressive like he does, that’s going to happen. He might make some saves that I won’t, but in a case like that, we want to take advantage of a bounce like that and make sure we’re in a good position to bury those.
Luongo insisted that he meant no disrespect towards Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas who has been remarkable for Boston so far this series. Luongo did seem a little agitated that he wasn’t getting the same respect back from Thomas…
“I said he might make some saves that I don’t. I was just saying, on that particular play, I would have played it different. That’s the difference between me and him,” Luongo told reporters. “I have been pumping his tires ever since the series started. I haven’t heard one nice thing he had to say about me. That’s the way it is.”
In this series when Luongo is good he is really good and when he is bad he is really bad. Luongo needs to stop worrying about Thomas NOT making comments about him to the media and start worrying whether or not a bad game on his end is going to end up costing his team the Stanley Cup.
Oh yeah, as far as Luongo insisting that the Lapierre’s goal would have been an easy save for him, last time I checked Thomas has 6 goals against in five games while Luongo has 14 goals against in five games.
Source: TSN.ca, NBC Sports, ESPN.com
