Nonis ≠ Burke.
Nonis is (or should be) under no pressure from the Richly Paneled Boardroom to make desperation moves in order to get into the playoffs this short season. He has 3+ years on his contract. He has just in effect provided cover to the RPB in their bizarro timing of the Burke firing. (What if Nonis had told them to shove it? then how would they have looked? "Good afternoon, I'm Tom Anselmi. Today we decided to go in a different direction: we've relieved Brian Burke of his duties, and by the way Dave Nonis has decided to go in a different direction of his own.")
Nonis, I think, has enough autonomy from the RPB to decline to overpay for Luongo. I think Sean Burke is probably right: Luongo is good, but not as good as he once was, and no longer a guy who can carry a team on his back.
I am happy to get Luongo, but not if it includes either Kadri or Gardiner. No way. Maybe a MacArthur and a 2nd, say, or something of that nature. Gillis, of course, will want more. Let him want. Or let FLA overpay.
There is only one reason why Nonis would give up a Kadri or a Gardiner, and that is if the RPB really is calling the shots. But why would have Nonis even agreed to stay on if that were the case? I highly doubt it. I think Burke was fired because his ego and the RPB's collective ego were jostling for man-space, and Burke lost out. Nonis's style is completely different.