It was after a little dose of the Sedins that the head coaches of the St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers were served their pink slips. So it's only fitting that the offensive bulk of the Toronto Maple Leafs found themselves changing cities immediately after being embarrassed by the psychic wonder twins.

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The laughing could go on for hours like some over the top moment with Dr. Evil, but really, it stops being funny when you realize he's serious:

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Oh boy, this passes off as legit journalism? Does Luongo's first significant stretch of missed games mean he has been 'marred most of his career'? Right, and Scott Gomez is amongst the top 7 players in the league because a Corsi number said so.

The only thing Mr. Guenther should be 'Examining' is the space between his ears.

If you're anything like me, your Monday night ended with a bit of a hissy fit. After the 6th goal you stood up and threw down your vintage 90's Canucks hat - that red and yellow skate logo staring up at you as if to remind you of how similar this feeling was to 1994 (except nobody flipped your car).

Then, as if it couldn't get any worse, a 7th goal, almost too much to bear. With that came the jersey, tossed uncerimoniously to the floor, landing on your bewildered cat who promptly took of running, jersey in tow.

By the time the final seconds were counting down, everything had to go. The posters, the Johnny Canucks flag, the calendar that reminded you Jeff Cowan at some point played for this team. Even the boxers sporting the orca 'C' on the crotch.

Then your girlfriend walks in, and asks the obvious question, "Sid... why are you butt-naked?"

You look her in the eye, anger in your glare and you mutter 3 words in reponse: "Roberto fucking Luongo".

But that was in the heat of the moment. For an instant, you forgot yourself, the overall success of this season, and how good Roberto Luongo really is. It was a flash in the pan, just a single step off the bandwagon of possibly the best netminder in fanchise history. Not only do you know better, but really, how long can you free-ball it before you miss the comfort and support of your Orca Bay undies?

Unfortunately for the rest of intelligent life in this city, the Vancouver media are a buch of hippies who don't mind hanging free all day, and every paper you've read up until today wants Bobby Lu's head on a pike, as though THAT could really make any saves for this team (well, maybe it could shutout the Rangers but I digress).

But in spite of all this negative media attention, there should be no mistake that Roberto Luongo is a star goaltender whose skill, work ethic and will to win are second to none. In this, I'd like to take a moment to fight back against the media, who will never read this, and defend the name of Roberto Luongo, the man who is a franchise goaltender we should all stand bedind.

Here are 10 reasons why Bobby Lu should stay a Vancouver Canuck:

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