He's back: Goalie Roberto Luongo returns to Florida Panthers in trade with Vancouver
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Roberto Luongo is heading back to Florida.
Luongo was traded by the Vancouver Canucks to the Panthers, who gave up goalie Jacob Markstrom — once considered their future in net — and forward Shawn Mattias to make the deal happen.
Luongo told Canada's TSN Radio that he thought his contract would make him untradeable. He signed a 12-year extension in 2009, with the deal paying him about $64 million through 2022.
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Luongo spent parts of eight seasons with Vancouver, which acquired him from Florida in 2006.
The Panthers also traded defenseman Mike Weaver to Montreal on Tuesday in exchange for a fifth-round draft choice in 2015.