All eyes still on Luongo as players report to training camp
Posted January 14, 2013 7:16 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Puck drop is just around the corner on the NHL season and the Canucks are in the thick of training camp. But much of the talk still centres around the future of all-star goalie Roberto Luongo.
His face is plastered on every TV and newspaper, as trade speculation boils over. But Luongo continues to do his best to block everything out and concentrate at the job at hand.
“You hear lots of stuff, obviously. You don’t know what’s real and what’s not. Right now, to be honest with you, I’m just focused on being here, being part of this group. I really don’t want to take my attention away from that because it wouldn’t be fair to the guys in this locker room,” says Luongo.
“So, when we get to this bridge, I guess we’ll cross it.”
“I don’t want to be distracted by something like that. So, I’m just trying to go about my business… It’s somewhat out of my control, at this point. When Mike [Gillis] has something to tell me, he will tell me,” he adds.
There are rumours Luongo will head to one of four teams: the Maple Leafs, the Panthers, the Flyers, or the Blackhawks.
Chants of “Don’t go” by a few hundred fans greeted Luongo as he stepped on the ice for the team’s first practice.
The NHL season opener is this Saturday, including the Canucks’ game against Anaheim.
