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Vancouver Canucks: Presenting the franchise’s Mount Rushmore

By Alex Hoegler

VANCOUVER, CANADA - DECEMBER 11: Henrik Sedin #33 and Daniel Sedin #22 of the Vancouver Canucks along with Mattias Ohlund #5 of the Tampa Bay Lightning greet former Canuck Markus Naslund during a pre-game ceremony to retire Naslund's jersey prior to NHL action on December 11, 2010 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)
VANCOUVER, CANADA - DECEMBER 11: Henrik Sedin #33 and Daniel Sedin #22 of the Vancouver Canucks along with Mattias Ohlund #5 of the Tampa Bay Lightning greet former Canuck Markus Naslund during a pre-game ceremony to retire Naslund's jersey prior to NHL action on December 11, 2010 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images) /
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1. Henrik Sedin

Right after brother Daniel was taken at No. 2 overall, the Canucks used the third selection on Henrik. It’s safe to say that neither twin would have enjoyed such a legendary career on the west coast if they didn’t have the other.

You can make a case that Daniel was the better player, but Henrik’s resume cannot be matched by any other Canuck. He is the only player in franchise history to win the Hart Trophy — having won it plus the Art Ross in 2009-10. Daniel is the only other Canuck to win the scoring title. Don’t forget that he won those awards even though Daniel was sidelined for 19 games.

Henrik dazzled throughout his 17 seasons with remarkable puck-moving and premier playmaking abilities. Daniel simply wouldn’t have put all those pucks in the net without his twin brother. No. 33 had eight seasons of 50-plus assists, too.

Without Henrik and Daniel, the Canucks wouldn’t have won all those Northwest Division titles. They wouldn’t have won consecutive Presidents’ Trophies in 2010-11 and 2011-12. They wouldn’t have come within one game of a Stanley Cup championship.

Think about all the players that Henrik and Daniel turned into big-time goal-scorers. Anson Carter had a career-high 33 goals in his lone season with the Canucks back in 2005-06. Mikael Samuelsson’s only 30-goal season came with Vancouver in 2009-10. Alexandre Burrows had four seasons of 26-plus goals. Radim Vrbata posted 31 in 2014-15.

On top of that, Henrik was captain of the Canucks for eight seasons from 2010-11 up until his retirement in 2017-18 — taking over for Roberto Luongo.

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Henrik holds many impressive franchise records, including points (1,070), games played (1,330) and plus/minus (plus-165). Add up those numbers with all of his accomplishments, and Henrik sits atop the Canucks’ Mount Rushmore.

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