When The Vancouver Canucks Traded Roberto Luongo BACK To Florida | NHL Trade Trees 

Luongo had underrated humor, people got to see it when he joined twitter

Favourite Luongo memories are all the ones where Jim Hughson said "GREAT SAVE LUONGO". Oh and his poetry.

The “backdiving” contract was legal and signed off on by the League. The punishment was from a rule changed after the fact, and I don’t understand how it’s not illegal.

This trade is looking way better now than 2 years ago. Markstrom is starting to look like a star and even though it was rough at first we sucked ass anyways and now we are at least on the way back up while he is good.

Markstrom's father also passed away this season.... that definitely should have been mentioned.

Tens years later Schneider trade got us Horvat out capitan trade luuuu got use markstrom a starting goalie, remember we were like how we lost 2 class A goalie, don't look so bad now

Vancouver ended up with the best of both Luongo and Markstrom, sounds like a win to me.

Luongo was my favourite player, I only got into hockey in 2009, and seeing him play was amazing. The day he was traded (much like the day Ohlund was traded, i still remember where i was when i heard about that) was the worst, i was distraught, but now, 5+ years later, im glad it happened, marky has been amazing, and i would love for us to keep him. If Demko becomes the next Patrick Roy or something, then we can still get stuff for Markstrom, because hes still one of the better goalies in the league. without putting too much bias, this trade was an absolute steal for Vancouver

Thanks for bringing this up, Steve. Dealing with the cap-recapture penalty is very frustrating. The rules did not prevent these kinds of contracts at the time, and to be retroactively punished for the actions of the previous management team is tough to rationalize. 3 million a season represents a significant advantage over another team, especially when it comes to resigning key players and young players to new contracts. Very few players, and nearly no executives from the time when Luongo's contract are with the club. I understand why the rule is in place, but I'm really not sure the punishment fits the crime, especially considering it was an entirely legal contract at the time it was signed, you might be able to see why this hard to stomach.

He had more tires stolen off his SUV than he had playoff wins in FLA...

Noticed the "thank you" in sign language. Sir, you're true class all the way!

Best goalie the Canucks ever had. Best memory was how Luongo won coach of the year in 2007 but they could put his name on the trophy. Had to give to Vigneault. Lol

Do the Jordan Staal trade to Carolina. "How the Jordan Staal Trade Gave Pittsburgh Gudbranson"

I loved it whenever the announcer yelled GREAT SAAAAVE LUONGOOO

Markstrom has turned into a very solid goalie the last year 1/2. Happy to have him as our goalie going into the play in round!

The trade was necessary as Luongos time was up in Van. The fact that the Canucks got a starting goalie (eventually) out of it makes it a huge win for them. Not to mention that Markys grown to be a fantastic person off the ice, and is very popular with his teammates.

Ahh to be a Canucks fan during the Luongo years. I remember phoning all my friends screeching when we traded for him. I remember his fantastic first season when he willed us into the playoffs. I remember loving the move to make him Captain and sorry it didn't work out. I do dislike that people say no goalie should be a Captain again. It's a matter of personality, Marc-Andre Fluery would have been a fantastic first Captain of the Knights. Luongo did have major issues in the playoffs and was very weak taking shots over his shoulders - he couldn't close up, and so that's all where Brad Marchand shot. He was emotional, couldn't shake off bad goals. He was a great guy though and legitimately funny but as an introvert that could only really come out through his Twitter which still dispenses occasional gems. I hope he gets back into the game in an executive level.

Steve these videos are fantastic, don't stop making these! Some people on hockey reddit have even started making their own trade trees. It's such a great concept

My best memories of Luongo are from his early days as a Panther when we would steal games for them with regularity, racking up 50-save performances like they were easy. Not coincidentally, some of my favourite memories of Craig Anderson are of him doing the exact same thing for the exact same team. :p

These videos are amazing, keep them coming!!

Imagining Luongo “Muck it up in the corners” has me dying 😂

Luo was why I got into hockey, watched him play on TV one day, and instantly became interested in the Canucks. Several years passed, then as an adult I chose to follow the Canucks due to my experiences watching Luo. I immediately became enthralled with Ryan Miller but was always more excited to watch Markstrom play. Watching him come into his own this season has been one of the major driving factors for me having hope in the Canucks!

I think it's clear that the Luongo trade from VAN to FLA really surprised everyone; especially given that the Canucks had not long before already traded one of their two elite goaltenders in Schneider. Few expected that anyone would be reasonably inclined to take up Luongo's salary. Then, when Luongo was surprisingly traded, it seemed that most all thought that it really was a huge win and really a huge steal for the Panthers, basically. Eventually, though (pretty much, some years later), Markstrom has turned out to be quite a surprise (for the Canucks); perhaps a fairly unexpected one. It has taken quite a fair bit of time and patience, and initially something of a shot in the dark for Markstrom, on the part of the Canucks, but Markstrom has certainly developed into a quality-caliber goaltender at the NHL-level. Also, of note, is that some years ago the Canucks actually placed Markstrom on waivers, when they had Miller and Lack. No team claimed him then, which probably surprised a fair share of people, and of which was rather fortunate for the Canucks, ultimately.

Damn I got trolled I thought it was about to be the video I suggested last time Keep up the good content though these videos are great 👍🏻

"Panthers fans I want to hear from you too" wait the Panthers have fans?!?

Fun fact about Matthias: He was originally acquired by Florida for Todd Bertuzzi. Who did Florida trade for Bertuzzi? Roberto Luongo.

Luongo and Markstrom both played and play awesome in Vancouver

0:29 You used the Luongo picture they took while that guy had a gun jammed into his back.

Bobby Lu was one of the reasons I got into hockey back in 2010 when he backstopped Canada to the gold medal. He was dynamite for the Canucks and I thought he got a raw deal with the way things ended in Vancouver. Not starting him at the Heritage Classic was just the dumbest move from Torts, a straight up middle finger to the guy who carried the team on his back for years. The guy's elite, future HHoFer for sure. Ultimately hindsight tells us that the Canucks did pretty well in the end, I always wanted them to keep Schneider and have him take over the no.1 spot when stuff with Lu went sour, but flipping him for the now Captain of the Canucks evidently worked out great, plus as you said, Marky has been lights out this season. Anyway, great vid, favourite Luongo save: robbing Ben Eager (great call from Jim Hughson on that play). Favourite Luongo memory: the strombone1 saga. Legend

Memory lane: Luongo’s 1st game back to Vancouver as a Panther, the crowd shouts Luuuu after every save he makes. He got one of the 3 stars, saluted the crowd, we ate it up. Good game, don’t even remember who won, I think it was everyone.

YES! Another keep making them!

Do the 3 way trade between LA Boston and SJ that sent Lucic to LA

Mike Gillis did Luongo dirty. He is the best goalie in team history, and Vancouver media always used him as a scapegoat. I'm glad he got to go back to Florida, but there's no way we won this trade. It took five years for this to maybe start to pay off with Markstrom.

Markstrom is great I love luongo too.

Steven Anthony & Jonathan Huberdeau played together for a season in Saint John. Wonder if the Panthers were thinking of pairing up the two to recreate some of the chemistry. They were also coached by Gerrard Gallant, who coached with the Panthers for a little bit.

Hey Steve, I wonder what the name of this video will be next year. "How the Calgary Flames won the Roberto Luongo Trade", perhaps?

Markstrom has been very good this season and stole so many games for the Canucks. He is definitely the Canucks MVP this season.

Steve! You're missing a huge chunk of this trade if you look at it from the Canucks perspective. The trade tree starts with Trevor Linden and ends with Jacob Markstrom leaving as a free agent to CGY

This isnt the big tree I'm talking about but if you guys ever revistited this trade tree, it starts with the Lindros Tree (Via Matthias Vias Bertuzzi, via Hextall)

4:50 They "promoted" Tallon and gave the reigns to an idiot Tom Rowe whom far too promptly fired Gallant, a Jack Adams nominee, and in doing so set the franchise back another 5-8 years while having the softest D in the league

When the Eric Lindros tradetree is coming out?

During the Nucks Cup run how many games did they lose 1-0 or 2-0. Luongo faced the same issue in both FLA and Van.

Watching this with the cats starting the 21-22 season to remind myself not to get too cocky about the Cats winning.

It's worth mentioning that the Panthers took a seven-figure recapture penalty of their own from Luongo choosing to retire in 2019 (had he waited another year, it would've only been 73k). It's around 35 percent of what Vancouver's paying, but 1.2 million still on their cap possibly affected some of their choices in free agency (I remember rumors that the Panthers were looking at Panarin as well as Bobrovsky last year, but then they came home with twilight Anton Stoolman...).

Tremendous video. Yet another player where Milbury haunts me.

*LUUUUUUU*

Steve, I want the full Roberto Luongo trade tree

Bobby Lou was a revelation to the Nucks but the cap recap is a kick to the nads. Marky is on 2 years of standing on his head as last year his numbers may not show it since the D was (Fake sneeze) Crap! Marky's dad passed this year and it wasn't all injury that had him leave... heartbreak played a role and he still came to work tough as nails. Now with a semi-decent Nucks D, Marky sharted showing his numbers as they are and he truly deserves the award this year as well as MVP. Nucks Nation is going to scream and cry if he doesn't get resigned. Still wish Strombone knocked Timmy Tomtom's block off in the 2011 showcase showdown... woulda topped it all off at least with that.

As good as the Canucks future “may” seem, they’ll never have the success they once had with the Sedins, Luongo, Kesler, just to name a few. Their best player is literally one body check away from being done for the season.

You should backtrack to the Linden trade from the Canucks to the Islanders. Cataclysmic for Canucks fans at the time but it eventually netted key players for 2 different cycles of Canucks teams

When's the Luongo tree coming out?!?

What does Steve think of this trade a year later when Markstrom is on the flames. As of right now they're looking like real contenders and have forwards who are putting in work, they could make it farther than Luongo did the panthers...

I wanna see Gilmour for Hull. It’s a trade that’s over 30 years old and I can only imagine how massive that could look

As a canucks fan I'm fairly happy with this trade. When it happened Lou needed to move on and we sucked and now that we don't suck Markstrom is good. I think it has mostly worked out well for all parties involved

That was fun but I can't wIt for you yo do the Craig Rivet Trade! It happened in 2007 and Montreal still benefits, to this day and probably even long term with Nick Suzuki(yes, it's connected, somehow)

Can you do the Danault trade or the Halak trade

This one was great, but dear lord, my eyes... I'll do the color and fix that exposure for your videos if you want, I conveniently just got a new GPU for my editing rig

The laugh is the attendance record for Florida. There was a few years after the trade, attendance dropped and Phoenix actually had a few more people attending games. And this was right when ownership of Phoenix was looking to relocate the team.

Trochek was tripped

Never clicked so fast

Luongo retired, Markstrom signed with Calgary, Matthis signed with Toronto, and Anthony stopped after Vancouver, so nothing else left on this tree. However, if this is only part of a bigger tree, maybe that tree is still growing, just not this particular branch.

Flash forward and markstrom signed with the flames :p

Now we know Markstrom is a 🔥🔥Flame and I couldn’t be happier

Please do the Mike Fisher trade tree

Do the anthony deangelo trade from tampa to arizona, wouldnt beleive how big it is for 5 years

Gotta do the craig rivet trade from montreal to san jose

You should do the Justin Williams trade that sent him from Carolina to LA.

Both the Schiender and Luongo trades looked terrible when they happened. But honestly we easily won both if them looking back at it. Too bad we couldn't keep Marky.

You need to go back to the original Luongo trade with New York. While many viewed it as a terrible trade for the isles, they ended up with quite a bit out of it…and also traded the pick that ended up being brad Marchand to Boston lol

I got a game puck after a big Luongo save. I still have it

And now in the future, Markstrom almost won the Vezina with Calgary last year.

Still waiting on that islanders luongo trade tree

Pronger to the flyers. It includes the ryan kesler trade if you believe that.

11 years with the Panthers and he only played 6 playoff games o.O

It’s probably the best trade Benning made. He should keep trading older vets for younger assets. No matter if you think it’s not enough. The process of rebuild is more important than signing vets like Eriksson. Signing UFA are not a free trade.

Re capture sucks but marky was insane before he got hurt. Relied on him every game pretty much

Still waiting for the Pavel Bure to Florida from Vancouver trade tree

95 point pace with Markstrom, 88 point pace without him... Isn't that, like, normal for a starter and a backup? That's only 7 points difference

He's like "I want to hear from Panthers fans too!" Me: good luck

You should do the Craig rivet trade to San Jose for josh Georges and Max Pacioretty, who then got traded for Tatar, Suzuki and a pick... You ripped on the Canadiens for the McDonagh trade, it’s time you give them some love

Wow, did anyone notice the little dolls in the background have changed places?

Before I thought the trade was BS cause John Torterella was coaching, but now that I see that Marky is become a great goalie I see the Canucks won the trade.

what about Hossa - Heatley trade or St. Louis Blues acquiring Keith Tkachuk?

PLEASE DO LINDEN TRADE TREE!!

You should do a Trevor Linden trade tree cuz doesn't that trade tree end with Markstrom leaving Vancouver?

Steve, easy on the gel there. Leave some for the rest of us.

How did he have ties on his record the second time he was with Florida???

You should do the Chara/ Yahsin trade just to show how bad Mike Milbury was at being a General Manager

Canucks had a gun to their head and a terrible contract on their books. That they got anything salvageable out of it is incredible. That they got an actual starting goaltender is astronomical.

Also, how about Jaromír Jágr?

This deal sucked just for the plain fact that we lost Luongo. Luongo was one of the big reasons I watched hockey and liked the Canucks back then. The biggest reason he wanted to be traded was because he hated Torts and treat Lu like garbage. I mean Torts even had Lack as the starter for the WINTER CLASSIC in a Canadian market. It was a pure slap in the face from torts and that was the last straw

Well... we don't have Markstrom anymore

Okay, THAT is a short tree

I would love to see the pat LaFontaine trade to Buffalo to the from the Islanders I love these trade trees

Those are some pretty good numbers for Bobby Lou in Fla considering what garbage their defense has been over the years.

A word that's used a lot these days in discrimination. Well, that's what happened to Vcr. The capologist in Vcr put one over on the league, but within the CBA rules, and Bettman didn't like it. So when the new CBA was brought in he cleared the length on contracts up BUT he also retroactively imposed the NEW rules on the contract that been signed during the OLD CBA. He retroactively struck down a legal contract. I can't think of any other business being allowed to do this. It made the NHL look bad, however, most of the media is in the East and they didn't give a fig. But it didn't finish there Luongo rather than go on LTI at the end of his career and greatly lessen the financial blow to Vcr, retired and this cost Vcr million financially and Cap wise. Luongo was the worse thing that happened to Vcr, the only good part was we got Markstrom, a man with class and still performing while Luongo is hobbling around Miami under the scrutiny of Mrs. Luongo ...... you deserve it Luo

Tbh I dont think there is a clear cut winner from this trade. I just think it was a solid deal for both teams. Markstrom has been a late bloomer and has worked out well for the Nucks. If Luongo was younger when he came back he would still be playing.

Love the Sedin Twins.... but IMO Luongo is the Canucks GOAT 🐐

I thought this might be a tree cause of Shawn Matthias but he left in FA to Toronto who traded him to Colorado. So nope. It's a tree somewhere but not part of this one.

The Panthers aren't my most favorite team, but I've been watching them for a few seasons as a secondary team I support, and for all of the defense the Panthers don't play, .918 is sadly not good enough to carry the team. Luongo was great, but I would have to guess that his GAA is relatively high for such a good SV%. The Bobrovsky contract was a mess, and now Dreidger and Montembeault are making a good case for themselves to get some starts. Anyways there's no reason why Panthers fans should be upset at the trade that I can see, only the wasted potential.