Name: Roberto Luongo FLA Press Conference: "It Feels Good to be Wanted"
Uploaded: 2020-03-09T17:30:57.000Z
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Now, you actually, we'll have a stall in the locker room.

Uh, what does it mean to be back home truly back home?

You kind of wanted to be here for several years now.

I mean, I think everybody is aware of you know, what's happened with my situation over the last couple of years.

And to be honest with you, when that whole thing went down with me originally, it was the year that the Panthers made the playoffs.

They really got me excited and thinking that it would be great.

Thio come back here and and possibly rejoin the team, and it took a while, but, uh, you know, uh, there was some other themes that were involved along the way, But in the end, I think you know, when I was least expecting it, something happened.

So, you know, I'm here today and I'm excited about this.

This new opportunity moving forward here.

When you left that night in Vancouver during the Mike Keenan air, a lot has changed.

You said yesterday that there's new ownership.

Did you feel that there's a brighter future ahead here for the Panthers?

I mean, uh, uh, that's one of the main reasons why I'm here.

Um, I think I put a lot of faith in my agent when he made this, uh, you know, put this plan in motion.

And, um, obviously, a lot of people think I want to come here and right into the sunset, but that's not what it's all about.

Um, I'm here to win, and I want to, you know, bring this team back in the playoffs.

Um, and I think when you ownership in and the promises they made, I think, uh, it's a good start, and hopefully we can bring some guys in and help the young guys move along, and that'd be a contender.

Roberto Charlie McCarthy, Fox Sports Florida.

What's your fondest memory of your first time here?

And why did you want to come back here so desperately supposed to go someplace else?

It was, uh, originally, you know, I wanted to move back.

Thio, you know, down south somewhere closer to home.

Uh, obviously the other teams opened up as I saw that things were getting difficult, but, um, you know, the and this is my home.

You know, when When all the things started to happen for me.

So as far as my greatest memory, uh, I got a lot, but I think the one I remember the most is probably the Detroit game, Uh, 63 shots or something like that.

So, uh, when the announcer announced that during the game in the maiI scored, the game was over.

Oh, you have gone through so much, obviously.

I mean, and it's all well chronicled, and you don't need to review it all.

Even after all you've done to gold three Vesna finalists.

All that stuff Is there still a little part of you that says that you have something to prove out on the ice?

I think you always feel like you have something to prove.

Um, there's always somebody behind you looking to take your job, and you have to have that desire to always get better and be the best.

And, you know, I've seen it firsthand that it's Ah, you know, you could lose your job to younger somebody.

It's better that comes along and has that fire as well.

So you just got to keep pushing and I'll be doing that till the day that I don't have that anymore.

Roberto, can you walk us through how yesterday went?

When did you first learn that this deal was in motion, though you were woken up with the news that it was done?

But did you go through the morning skate in Phoenix?

This could happen because not all I think I was getting ready to play.

I had no idea anything serious was going down.

I mean, there was always a few rumors floating around, but I've been hearing those for a couple of years now, so I don't really make much of them Um and I was just getting ready to play.

I mean, uh, I was I was during my pregame nap, and all of a sudden I got the call.

So, um, it kind of happened really quick and got caught me off guard.

And, you know, to be honest with you, I was I was, uh I was so caught off guard that I'm still a little bit of this belief of what's going on, you know?

So I'm really excited just to get on the ice tomorrow and practice with my new teammates.

Justo, get a little sense of normalcy back.

So much has been made of your so called feud with Tim Thomas.

Apparently, there will tell a slave that he spoke to Tim today.

Possibly he wanted to start just like you do.

Could you have coexisted with Tim, you and that?

That would have been a pretty formidable tandem when you say Yeah, I could for sure.

I mean, I make jokes and stuff like that, but, uh, you know, that's a long time ago.

I always get along with all of my backups or when I'm the backup with starter, whatever, whatever the case is.

But, uh, yeah, I mean, that would have been a problem.

I think you know, I'm a pro, and I know Timmy's a pro, so it would have been a problem.

The past few seasons, you've kind of been embattled and was just a goaltender battle between you Schneider lack.

How does it feel to come here and finally know that you're the number one guy after a couple of years of kind of having that hanging over your head?

I think, um, you know, first and foremost feels good to, you know, to feel wanted from from an organization.

Um, you know, going into this season, you know, I thought of myself as a number one, and obviously until the last week or so, things changed quite a bit.

But you know, that's what I'm all about, it like that.

I think the more I play, the better I feel in the ice.

So, uh, you just wanna have that peace of mind that no matter what happens out there, you know, you know you're gonna have the next game and don't have to worry about that stuff and just focus on plane Roberto.

Um, a lot of been made people doing the math of how old you are now, how long your contract does and how old you would be at the end of your contract.

Can you give us a sense if you have some on how long you intend to play?

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