Posts About "Henrik Sedin"
Last Vancouver Canuck to Win Each Award
July 17th, 2020 The Vancouver Canucks are celebrating their 50th season in the NHL this season. Players, coaches and general managers have won 15 awards while representing the team. With the announcements of the award nominees, it is an appropriate time to look at the last Canuck to win each award. Hart Memorial Trophy: Henrik Sedin (2009-10) In...
Canucks' Top 5 First-Round Picks of All-Time
July 3rd, 2020 The Vancouver Canucks have been successful in finding great first-round picks in the past five NHL Drafts. Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes, and Brock Boeser are all examples of just how great of a job the Canucks have done. Over their 50 years in the NHL, the team has drafted players in the first round who've finished their careers as...
Canucks Have an Eye for the Swedes
June 21st, 2020 Last week I wrote an article discussing the biggest draft day steals for the Vancouver Canucks. While I was researching for that article, I noticed how many great Swedish players the team has been able to acquire. Two of the five players listed in that article were Swedes and have been a big part of the franchise. Four of the top 10...
The Sedin Twins and the 1999 NHL Entry Draft
June 21st, 2020 June 26, 1999, was a day that changed the fortunes of the Vancouver Canucks for more than just the next decade. This, of course, being the day of the NHL Draft that saw Henrik and Daniel Sedin join the Canucks. While there are some cynics who think the team’s success was stunted by the events of this day, most fans will agree that the...
1999: The Worst NHL Draft Class Ever?
June 18th, 2020 Before the 1999 NHL Draft took place in Boston, MA on June 26, many believed it was to have a deep amount of talent to choose from - a treasure trove of sorts. European players especially were considered to predominate the early selections, and they had prospective NHL suitors salivating over their supposed skill sets. How could a...
The Richards & The Sedins: Comparing Sibling Greatness
May 24th, 2020 Henri Richard passed away in March, and stories of him and his older brother Maurice are still being regaled all over the hockey world. Henri "The Pocket Rocket" Richard was small in stature. However, he was big on production, guts, and leadership. It was well documented that Maurice "Rocket" Richard had piercing eyes that were said to...
NHL's Top 5 Playmakers of the Decade
May 10th, 2020 The dawn of a new decade is always a time for reflection. It is a time when people look back and reminisce about their favorite moments and experiences of the last 10 years. However, for hockey fanatics like myself, the start of a new decade is the perfect time to take a look back at the NHL's top players, teams, coaches, trades, and so...
3 Greatest Canucks' Forwards of All Time
April 24th, 2020 There’s a lull in the news about the Vancouver Canucks because of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, so I thought I would take an opportunity to look back over Vancouver Canucks' history and weigh in who I believe have been the greatest Canucks of all time. What prompted this post actually wasn’t all that historical. Like many other...
Canucks' Best & Worst Trades All-Time
April 9th, 2020 The Vancouver Canucks have a long history of franchise-altering transactions. Through their history, team management has never been shy about pulling the trigger on the big deal. It seems every year the Canucks make at least one major transaction that sets the entire hockey world abuzz. While Vancouver may not be shy in making a...
Canucks' 4 Best All-Time
April 2nd, 2020 It is entirely possible that we've already seen the final games of the 2019-20 NHL season, as the COVID-19 suspension looms into Week 3. The longer the halt, the less likely it is that the season will resume. With that in consideration, this season was a special season for the Vancouver Canucks as they celebrated their 50th...
Canucks' Horvat Carrying Sedin Legacy
March 22nd, 2020 Bo Horvat is not the best player on the Vancouver Canucks. He is not the best skater, the best shooter, nor the most physical player. Yet after being handed a jersey with the 'C' sewn on from Henrik Sedin, the Canucks' captain from 2010 until 2018, he has proven that he was the correct choice many times over. Horvat has excelled with...
Canucks Showdown: Who’s the Better Sedin?
March 20th, 2020 In 1999, then-Vancouver Canucks general manager Brian Burke selected Daniel and Henrik Sedin with the second and third overall picks. He made trades with Tampa Bay Lightning, Chicago Blackhawks, and the Atlanta Thrashers to acquire the picks. Related: NHLers By Country - On Top of Their Game and the World The two wouldn’t play...
Canucks' Horvat Proving to Be Right Choice as Captain
February 29th, 2020 The Vancouver Canucks came back to win against the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night after being down 2-0. Captain Bo Horvat scored the first goal for the Canucks, giving him 20 goals on the season, and then assisted Tyler Toffoli’s overtime game-winning goal. Vancouver Canucks center Bo Horvat (Sergei Belski-USA TODAY...
