Sports.com — A homecoming many years in the making will unfold in Sunrise on Friday evening when Roberto Luongo begins his second stint as a member of the Florida Panthers in a matchup with the Buffalo Sabres. The rebuilding Panthers pulled off a big move on Tuesday one day before the league's trade deadline, sending young netminder Jacob Markstrom and forward Shawn Matthias to the Vancouver Canucks for Luongo and forward prospect Steven Anthony. Hours later, the Panthers lost for the fifth time in six games when they fell 4-1 to the Boston Bruins, but are hoping to turn things around in the near future under Luongo. The 34-year-old was the fourth overall pick of the 1997 draft by the...
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