"Roberto Luongo can win it all. He was just within a game, and he got there with one of the lowest-scoring offences in postseason history. To suggest he can't comes off as illogical.

But there's rarely logic anymore in the city's relationship with Luongo. The "blame Luongo" mob is overwhelming just about every time the Canucks lose.

Here we go again and it's after a series in which the Canucks scored just eight goals. It's a remarkable feat, if you think about it. To get that close with the meekest seven-game goal-scoring total in Cup history. But Luongo is framed as the scapegoat and it's deja Lu. More concerning, it doesn't feel like this is ever going to change.

Instead, it feels both consuming and toxic. It's not healthy for the fans, and it can't be healthy for Luongo. He is regularly asked about things like the crowds in Rogers Arena who, it was reported, cheered when he was pulled from games in Boston. His teammates are regularly asked if they've lost faith in him.

Can he go through this year after year, playoffs after playoffs in Vancouver? Can the fans? Can his teammates? Can anyone?

It'd be easy, inflammatory, and predictable now to say: Trade Luongo. It's unfair and also an improbable scenario. Obviously, Luongo has the no-trade and his massive contract could make him immovable anyway. Plus, General Manager Mike Gillis has the patience of sedimentary rock. He's not exactly knee-jerk material. But with Luongo, we're getting past knee-jerk."