SURREY (NEWS1130) – Roberto Luongo returned to Vancouver today to golf in the Canucks’ Jake Milford Charity Golf Tournament and was met by a huge group of reporters before he hit the course.

Luongo, who is expected to be traded before the regular season, was peppered with questions about where he might end up.

“Obviously, we all want to know what the future holds… but sometimes, these things take longer than others,” said Luongo, who would not talk about any other teams that are interested, out of respect for his teammates.

Just last week, Luongo had told a reporter in Florida that the Panthers were high on his list, and he has mentioned the Toronto Maple Leafs before.

Luongo, who continues to wait for a trade out of Vancouver, says that he is still in no rush to get a deal done and would be happy to start the season with the team if a trade can’t be done in time. He adds Vancouver is home too, and its “not the end of the world being back here.”

Asked about his comments earlier this summer in a Las Vegas radio interview that it was time to move on,  he said that after Cory Schneider had re-signed, he didn’t see himself being at training camp, but realized when he got into August, it was a possibility.

Luongo notes that he will leave it up to Canucks General Manager Mike Gillis to update the media on any future developments and that there isn’t much to report.

Gillis repeated today that the team won’t take any less for Luongo than they think he’s worth.