Luongo: If I play 28 more years I still won't catch Brodeur's record
Roberto Luongo has crunched the numbers and, according to his calculations, there is no way he can hit Martin Brodeur's mark of 691 wins.
Related: Luongo passes Sawchuk for 5th on all-time wins list
The Florida Panthers netminder took to Twitter to thank everyone for the kind words after he surpassed Terry Sawchuck for fifth place on the all-time wins list Monday night.
Unfortunately, the 37-year-old doesn't feel he can move much further up the list.
First off I'd like to thank everyone for all the kind messages since last night. Very appreciated! And secondly.....
— Strombone (@strombone1) January 10, 2017
After doing the math.... If I play another 28 years I will still fall about 5-6 wins shy of tying Marty's record!
— Strombone (@strombone1) January 10, 2017
If Luongo were to play for another 28 years it would take just over eight wins a season to reach Brodeur's mark. It's certainly doable, plus teammate Jaromir Jagr will probably still be playing then as well.
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