March 04, 2014

Roberto Luongo traded to Florida for Jacob Markstrom, Shawn Matthias: The Roberto Luongo era in Vancouver ended today, as the one-time cornerstone Canucks goaltender was traded to Florida for goalie Jacob Markstrom and centre Shawn Matthias. The Panthers will presumably take on the final eight years remaining on Luongo’s contract, which pays the goalie $6.714 million for the next four seasons but has a cap hit of $5.33 million. But it has been reported that the Canucks will pay 15 per cent of Luongo’s salary or about $800,000 per season. The Canucks also sent minor leaguer Stephen Anthony the other way in the trade.

posted by tommytrump to hockey at 05:17 PM - 5 comments

So...will Luongo and Thomas take turns pumping each others tires down there?

posted by nubs at 06:18 PM on March 04, 2014

So...will Luongo and Thomas take turns pumping each others tires down there?

I assume that it's legal in Florida, so they can do whatever they want.

posted by grum@work at 07:28 PM on March 04, 2014

There's a service plaza on the Florida Turnpike that's specially set up for that.

The compressed air lines for passenger vehicles deliver up to 80 psi round the clock.

posted by beaverboard at 09:16 PM on March 04, 2014

Don't expect Thomas to be employed by the Panthers much longer.

posted by cixelsyd at 10:10 AM on March 05, 2014

And Thomas traded to Dallas.

posted by nubs at 02:29 PM on March 05, 2014

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