Game Day Post: Blue Jackets at Canucks

"We had about six chances to get it out and either we shot it off our own guys or we didn't get it out," Luongo said. "The next thing you know there's a shot from the point and Sakic is all alone at the side. I was able to get the first save, but he chipped the second one over me. It's unacceptable, inexcusable, that should never happen in an important game like that. So we just pissed away two points tonight."

"First of all, I don't throw my teammates under the bus," said Luongo. "We all work hard and try to do the right things out there and work for each other. Obviously, it was a tough way to lose and I was upset. I take losing seriously and I don't enjoy it. We're a team and I respect my teammates and what they do out there. I'd never single out anybody."

"Why would I take it personally? Sakic shouldn't score at the end of the game," said Mitchell. "Players like that [Luongo] with a fire in their belly hate to lose and I love those players. That's the difference between a winner and a loser. You're on the right team when your best player wants it that bad."

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"We've got a lot of quiet guys in this locker-room and it's always good when Louie steps up," said Burrows. "When we see that he's mad, guys want to give it a little bit more."

• Trying to avoid the shootout. (Jason Botchford, Vancouver Province; Matthew Sekeres, Globe and Mail)
• R-E-S-P-E-C-T. (Ed Willes, Vancouver Province)
• Burrows needs to cut down on those potato farmer jokes. (Brad Ziemer, Vancouver Sun)
• Baumer's back... with the Moose. (Randy Turner, Winnipeg Free Press)

Labels: Luongo, Mitchell