James Reimer will start in net for the Florida Panthers Sunday in a game against the Ottawa Senators which carries huge playoff implications.
That, Roberto Luongo says, is how it should be.
Luongo, the Panthers’ starting goalie since he was reacquired from the Vancouver Canucks at the tail end of the 2013-14 campaign, will be on the bench for perhaps Florida’s biggest game of the season to date and says he deserves to be.
“It has been a battle the last little while. I’m glad we have a guy like Reimer here who is able to step in and do the job,” Luongo said after Sunday’s morning skate at BB&T Center.