from Kevin Woodley at NHL.com,

"The only career number I look at is [Stanley] Cups, right?" Luongo told NHL.com at the Panthers practice facility this week. "That's the only one I really want."

Luongo sees that possibility in a talented Panthers team that finished last season strong, going 25-8-2 over the its final 35 games to finish with 96 points, one point short of a playoff berth in the Eastern Conference. Florida, which tied the Winnipeg Jets for the most wins in the NHL over that stretch, since traded for forward Mike Hoffman, who had 56 points (22 goals, 34 assists) for the Ottawa Senators last season and scored at least 22 goals in four straight seasons.

"The way we finished, adding Hoffman, there are a lot of things to be excited about," Luongo said. "I just wish I was five to 10 years younger so I could be here for a while with them, that's the part that is a little bit scary for me. I feel like we are right there and hopefully it will happen in the next couple of years but if it's five or six years down the road, then I don't think I'll be around for that and that's scary."

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