Entries with the tag: henrik+sedin

Time to Meet the Twins

by Alanah McGinley on 09/05/08 at 10:31 PM
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A couple months ago, media and fans got the idea that Canucks GM Mike Gillis was ready to trade Daniel and Henrik Sedin to the first takers. Clearly this didn’t happen but the root of the rumors wasn’t unreasonable.  When Gillis was first hired, he was put on the spot about the future of the twins and his response was this:

“I don’t think the group of forwards right now are ready to compete. I don’t know if they [the Sedins] are players the team will be built around moving forward.”

Next week, he’ll finally be meeting them face to face and so today he addressed his earlier comments:

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Spinning Those Sedin Rumors

by Alanah McGinley on 06/19/08 at 06:04 PM
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In today’s Province, this news:

Amid rampant rumours the Canucks are actively shopping the Sedin twins, their agent J. P. Barry said he “wouldn’t be surprised” if one or both were dealt during the NHL draft weekend.  Speculation has one or both the twins being traded Friday.

Canucks GM Mike Gillis admitted he has fielded several inquiries from other teams regarding forwards Daniel and Henrik Sedin but said he hasn’t seen a legitimate offer.  Gillis said the twins are still in his long-term plans.

“We are not actively trying to trade the Sedins in any form,” Gillis said.  “A lot of teams have been calling but we are trying to sign them long-term.”

I’m curious about the source of this “speculation.” Something credible or just message board talk? 

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Measuring the Vancouver Offense

by Alanah McGinley on 05/13/08 at 11:02 AM
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If you’re the new GM of the Vancouver Canucks and you’ve suggested one of your priorities is to rebuild an offensive-style game, what’s tops on your agenda?

If rethinking the team’s association with Daniel and Henrik Sedin was your first guess, you’re smarter than I am.  From TSN:

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Thanks for the Research

by Alanah McGinley on 05/11/08 at 05:36 PM
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From hockey fan Captain Salamander on Gabby’s Gobbledygook, complete text of his blog post today:

Separated at Birth?

You know those side by side photos of celebrities and regular folk who look remarkably alike? Well here’s one of two hockey players who must be identical twins.

Daniel Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks and Henrik Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks.

Those ESPN links were included by the Captain to further illustrate the spooky similarities that lead to this breakthrough realization of his.

I only wish I could have been there for the final epiphanies. Probably went something like: “Hold on—they even have the same birthdays. I’m starting to see a pattern developing!”

Awesome.

Blame the Players

by Alanah McGinley on 04/04/08 at 04:20 PM
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For what it’s worth, Darren Dreger at TSN has a theory:

On a decent night, the Vancouver Canucks generate 15 scoring chances.  On home-ice Thursday night the Canucks charted 24 scoring opportunities, were awarded almost 17 minutes in power play time and became a non-playoff team, partly, by not being able to score more than one goal against the Edmonton Oilers in the biggest game of the year.

There’s no question injuries factored in to Vancouver’s demise, but key players failed to deliver when this team needed them most.

Down the stretch, Roberto Luongo wasn’t good enough. Down the stretch, the Sedins were not good enough.

The list goes on.

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Ohlund Out, Bourdon in & Stupid Canucks Promos

by Alanah McGinley on 03/05/08 at 07:17 PM
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From the Vancouver Sun:

The NHL’s Vancouver Canucks, down another defenceman with a knee injury to veteran Mattias Ohlund, have called up blueliner Luc Bourdon from the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League.

Ohlund was hurt during Tuesday’s 2-1 loss to the host Colorado Avalanche. He went for an MRI on the knee today, and results may be available tomorrow.

Aside from that fine news, I thought I’d throw in a screenshot of a Canucks contest being run lately.

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The Hives, Existentialist Hockey and a Song

by Alanah McGinley on 02/29/08 at 09:55 AM
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Members of The Hives, plus Daniel and Henrik Sedin, and Alex Edler*

From Pitchfork:

We know damn well that Sweden’s Hives rule the live stage, but what about the ice rink?

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Is This Progress?

by Alanah McGinley on 01/31/08 at 04:50 PM
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The Vancouver Canucks are in Tampa Bay tonight and coach Alain Vigneault has stumbled onto a miraculous plan: put Naslund back together with the Sedins.

“They’ve always been a good line, but we were just trying to spread our wealth a bit and we’ve got to be fair with Markus in that sense. He was trying to develop younger players and push them along, but he also needs to play with good players.”

Well, no kidding.  I mean, whether you like Nazzy or not, you might as well make use of a guy taking up $6 million of space on your roster. 

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Luongo Says “No” to All Star Game

by Alanah McGinley on 01/09/08 at 03:40 PM
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Update 9:15am PT, January 10th: Henrik Sedin makes the All Star team.  Nifty.

From TSN,

With travel demands and his wife expecting a baby, the Vancouver Canucks have allowed netminder Roberto Luongo to skip the NHL All-Star Game on Jan. 26 and miss the team’s first game back after the break.

Luongo’s wife Gina is expecting their first child later in the spring and the couple plans to spend their time off at their offseason home in Fort Lauderdale.

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