Ohlund and Luongo have their groove on

A snippet from Iain MacIntyre's article today:

"It's hard to say anything more about Roberto than what we've seen on the ice," Canuck Trevor Linden said after scoring against the Oilers. "He has been everything we've asked for and more.

"But it's his professionalism, his hard work, his presence in the room -- the stuff that maybe people don't see -- that makes him so special."

Defenceman Mattias Ohlund, who logged 27:02 of ice time and was plus-one, said: "He has brought something to this organization that we have not had in a long, long time. He has such a presence. He's so well-liked. He's not a typical goalie -- by that, I mean he's as normal as anyone can be."

Wow. Can you believe that Roberto's got 42 wins (or is it 43?) and there're still 9 games left in the season?

I was afraid that Ohlund and Luongo wouldn't have a good relationship but it seems to be good. I didn't think Ohlie and Auldy got along. It always seemed like Auldy thought Ohlie was screening and same with Luongo early on in the season. I guess Roberto is a better communicator... and a better goalie. He doesn't mind that one forward in front of him and has said that he doesn't need his defenceman to take him out. I think Ohlund has much improved from last year. He's more disciplined and not taking the penalties that he took last year with the first year of the 'new NHL'. He's also still so conditioned that he's not injury prone. Either that or he just sucks it up and plays through. Probably a bit of both..