It didn’t take long for this week’s announcement that Roberto Luongo had joined the Florida Panthers’ front office for folks in Vancouver to ask the question.



Listen, I hope Canucks fans still have a place in their hearts for everything BobbyLu did for them during his time there.



But it’s those salary cap recapture penalties his contract left behind for the Canucks to carry the next three seasons — $3.03 million per year charged against Vancouver’s salary cap through 2021-22 — that don’t sit well for a lot of Canucks fans. And that’s understandable.



Especially when you consider how every dime under the cap is going to become more and more valuable for an exciting, young Canucks team that’s going to need to pay their kids.



Those cap recapture charges are remnants of the 12-year, $64-million contract signed a decade ago. Luongo’s decision to retire with three years left on the deal means...