November 26, 2005 in League news

20 yrs ago · 1 min read

Luongo Back!

Jan Lapiolahti

GM, Florida Panthers

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After playing horrible all season long and the trade rumours started to float then the Panthers did the unthinkable and benched there all-star goalie Roberto Luongo. It only last 1 game but it seems Luongo got the message posting a shutout against Carolina and keeping Panthers in the game against Phoenix which Panthers won 2-1 but lost shots 27-16.

"It feels great to win couple in a row. Now we just have to keep it going" Roberto Luongo

Trade News

Panthers sent underarchieving rw Darcy Tucker to Columbus Bluejackets for hard-nosed dman Brendan Witt. It will be Witt's 2nd time with the Panthers and it solidfys Panthers defense with a experienced, stay home dman.