Top Line Assault on Club Records
by Yankee Canuck on Aug 31, 2011 9:48 AM PDT
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PrintThe trio of Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin and Alexandre Burrows have not only been Vancouver's top scoring line for the past three seasons, but all have played every one of their combined 2,039 NHL games for this franchise. I don't know if that's rare for some other teams, but it's fairly unique in our neck of the universe.
So it's not surprising that these three - mostly the Sedins in the wake of their Art Ross destruction path - have already cemented their name in many of the club's records; for example they rank as the top three (in order Hank, Dank and Burr) for the franchise best +/- by a comfortable margin. Heading into the 2011-2012 campaign, here is what's within reach for each player.
Henrik Sedin
- Needs 74 games to tie Markus Naslund for 3rd most games played (884).
- Needs seven points to pass Stan Smyl for 3rd most points (673).
- Needs 15 even strength goals to pass Don Lever as the 8th highest even strength goal scorer (130).
- Needs three game winning goals to tie Tony Tanti for 6th best (29), four more to tie Brendan Morrison for 5th (30), six more to catch Pavel Bure at 4th (32) and seven game winners to be even with Trevor Linden for 4th (33).
- Needs 79 shots to tie Todd Bertuzzi for 9th highest (1289).
Daniel Sedin
- Needs 23 games to tie brother Henrik for 4th most games played (810).
- Needs eight assists to tie Naslund for 4th highest in assists (410), nine assists to tie Smyl for 3rd (411) and 13 assists to tie Linden for 2nd (415).
- Needs one goal to tie Tanti for fifth highest goal scorer (250), six to tie Bure for 4th best (254) and 13 goals to tie Smyl for 3rd best (262).
- Needs five even strength goals to pass Bure for 4th most even strength markers (161) and 19 even strength tallies to tie Smyl for 3rd best (175)
- Needs four power play goals to tie Linden for 3rd highest (97) and nine more to catch Tanti for 2nd best (102).
- Needs 14 points to catch brother Henrik for 4th most points (666) and 21 to pass Smyl for 3rd most (673).
- Needs 252 shots to tie Linden for 2nd highest (2246).
Alex Burrows
- Needs one goal to tie Cliff Ronning for 20th highest (112), nine to tie Darcy Rota for 19th (120), 10 to tie Andre Boudrias (121) and 20 goals to pull even with Ryan Kesler at 18th (131).
- Needs three points to tie both James Sandlak and Richard Blight at 29th highest (221), nine to tie Rick Lanz at 28th (227), 16 to be even with Ed Jovanovski at 27th (234), 18 to tie Rota at 26th (236) and finally 28 points to tie Geoff Courtnall at 25th (246).
- Needs one more shorthanded goal to tie Linden for 2nd highest (15).
- Needs 49 PIMs to tie Linden for 11th highest (730).
Pretty impressive stuff all around. Unless injuries come along, the twins will mostly certainly be ranked the top two players in most offensive records by the middle of the decade. I won't bother looping in Roberto Luongo, but suffice it to say if he hangs around for the life of his deal he'll likely own most of the goaltending records to boot. So in case you needed another reminder you're watching a handful of talented individuals who are setting the bar for players far, far down the road. Perhaps some of you new parents in the crowd will get to explain to the kids one day you saw all of them play at once (Zanstorm I'm staring in your general direction).
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With Naslund's number in the rafters
It pretty much sets the bar for us. Win an individual trophy plus play here for 8 years, you get your number retired.
In the end, the Sedins will probably deserve their numbers retired (Once they win the cup next year), I just still think to this day that retiring Naslund’s number was a terrible idea.
And although I love the Sedins and Burrows, they still haven’t kicked out the West Coast Express out of my heart, on a purely hockey fan level, not on a “If you statistically break down event a with event b and divide by a mongoose, you can clearly see that the Sedins are better players” type way.
In the end, the Sedins will probably deserve their numbers retired (Once they win the cup next year), I just still think to this day that retiring Naslund’s number was a terrible idea.
Oh you shit disturber you! I was mostly against it as well. But I’m not getting into that argument again :)
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Haha
I know Naslund has his fans, and some of them will come at me with daggers in their hands and tears in their eyes, but I just still dislike the decision to retire the jersey. If Gillis wasn’t his former agent would his jersey be retired? I would lean towards no.
by The Stanchion on Aug 31, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Best Canuck
Ever.
Other than PB.
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...somewhere Zanberg is punching a wall...
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 31, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
That may be true
but doesn’t mean he was good enough to have his jersey retired.
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by Section 312 on Aug 31, 2011 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Better than
Retiring #7 because of the fans
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
THAT WAS RETIRED FOR ME, DONT RUIN THIS
by The Stanchion on Aug 31, 2011 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
excuse me
I just threw up a little in my mouth
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notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
haha, I thought it was funny :)
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by Sean Zandberg on Sep 1, 2011 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
it's funny
If you plan on laughing at the tools that did it
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by Canuckles on Sep 1, 2011 7:38 AM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
oh i am
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by Sean Zandberg on Sep 1, 2011 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Best Canuck statistically, but not all-round. That goes to guys like Smyl or Linden. You know..guys that play with their heart on their sleeve and show up when you need them the most.
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2011 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't want to...
get into one of those debates… so I’ll leave it.
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you’re sucking me in man! Cut it out! haha
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2011 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Show up when you need them most
like leading a team in goals and points during a long playoff run?
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by Section 312 on Sep 3, 2011 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Wasn't Gillis
Bure’s former agent too? Or at least his brother’s? You’d think he’d try and get that going as well if that was the case…
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
The WCE fun is that it came out of no where. We always knew a third Sedin was necessary, but when Crawford added Bertuzzi and the whole line went off night after night, it just bowled you over since you never saw it coming. It was fun for a little while…before…it…wasn’t fun anymore.
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 31, 2011 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Bertuzzi was fun...
I freaking loved that team.
I don’t think I will ever love a team as much as I loved the ‘02-’04 Vancouver Canucks. Being 14 there was just so much more magic to it all, and it was just after the terrible ‘97-’01 years that we had to suffer through.
How we lost game 7 against the Wild can only be explained as hate by the hockey gods. I’ve never seen so much puck luck in 30 minutes of hockey, for one team at such a crucial time…
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Putting the Boston series aside, that collapse against the Wild still remains as the second worst punch gut I’ve ever had from sports. Even the Chicago series don’t come close in my view. That was such a disaster.
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 31, 2011 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
Stupid 2003
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
here comes CC...
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notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
by Canuckles on Aug 31, 2011 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
FUCK CLOUTIER
THAT FUCKING INCOMPETENT SHITHEAD FUCKING TORPEDOED US YEAR AFTER YEAR
I CAN’T BELIEVE WE PAID THAT FUCKING IMBECILE HANDSOMELY AND LIKE A DECENT GOALIE
I HOPE HE NEVER STOPS ANOTHER SHOT FOR THE REST OF HIS FUCKING LIFE
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 31, 2011 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
and there it is
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notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
by Canuckles on Aug 31, 2011 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Sigh…
Sedin Sedin Burrows…
Just crazy good.
Even Copper and Blue was admitting underestimating Burrows. Not having lived hockey trough WCE, they are without contest my favorite line.
The feel-good narrative around them is just cherry on top. I just hope they are going to win that f*$%?&% Cup.
And I just can see Alex winning a Conn-Smythe with one of his “I’m going to win this alone in overtime”.
And – of course – 22 and 33 will hang in the rafters, I am just secretly praying that 14 would be with them.
(I really should know better, I’m supposed to be wayyyy to grown-up to be such a silly fan)
It’s interesting sifting through the numbers. Basically the Sedins are jockeying with Smyl, Linden and Naslund for most of the remaining offense records while Kesler and Burrows are in the second tier, battling the Courtnall’s and Bertuzzi’s of the world. They’ll both need a few more very productive seasons to start scratching at the Sedins’ level.
The one stat that pops out for me is Burrows’ SHG count. That’s pretty clutch. He still has a ways to go to catch Bure at 24.
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 31, 2011 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Of course
The difference being that Burrows actually kills the penalty, instead of vacating too soon and hoping someone can catch him with a pass.
Loved his talent, but he was a bit of a “goal suck”. Burr’ does it with hard work, not opportunism…
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True…but that is the limit of offensive remarks I will permit about Mr. Bure. One more and I send some guys to your house with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch.
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 31, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
"You here me talking, hillbilly boy?"
You’re going to get medieval on my ass?
Most talented player we had, but he was not a great two way player. ;-)
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I believe “putting it on the backend” is a move Burrows reserves for use at home only.
by The Stanchion on Aug 31, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
This Zanbdberg you speak of scares me
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 31, 2011 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s funny, because as a joke I was going to post a pick of me (in a Leafs Gilmour jersey) holding my kid in a Canucks jersey. Just for fun. Liam can like the Leafs all he wants but I’m not getting Center Ice for him so he can watch all the games :)
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 31, 2011 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Im pretty sure Burrows carries that whole line
He should be team captain.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 31, 2011 4:19 PM PDT reply actions
Don’t get me wrong, I just love 14, but I believe the Sedins capable of carrying their load, and suggesting they don’t care is preposperous.
I really thing they make a great great line together.
BURROWS
FOR VEZINA
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Sep 1, 2011 1:13 AM PDT up reply actions
BURROWS FOR TEH SUPERBOWL!!!!
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notafullcolon CS: Well obviously I meant we were snorting blow off hookers at the time of the goal
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