Roberto Luongo's playing future in jeopardy

According to Sportsnet's Nick Kypreos, 39-year old netminder Roberto Luongo could be forced to retire sooner rather than later due to his constant declining health.

Probably not the way the goaltender with the most wins for 2 franchises wants his career to end. The end could be as soon as next season.

Growing speculation that Roberto Luongo's health may cost him playing in the National Hockey League in the future, Kypreos stated. Now, the good news, I guess, when it comes to the contract is, if that's the case, he'll go to training camp, fail his physical and that will force him to go to the long-term injured reserve. He would get the remainder of his three-year contract and there's no recapture penalties to the Florida Panthers and, more importantly, to the Vancouver Canucks.

 Kypreos believes if Luongo spends the remainder of his 12-year, $64 million contract he signed with the Canucks back in 2009 on LTIR, it wouldn't be a bad thing for both the Canucks and Panthers. It would open a slot for a netminder for the Panthers, who have been strongly linked to pending UFA Sergei Bobrovsky, and the Canucks won't be penalized.

There's talk that they [Panthers] may take a real healthy run at him [Bobrovsky], certainly they're gonna need him if Luongo does shut it down.

Luongo has the most wins for both Florida [229 wins in 570 games] and Vancouver with 252 wins in 448 games. Do you see Luongo hanging up the skates next season?