2017-18 Two Legends Retire
If you don’t know who Daniel and Henrik Sedin are, it’s tough to call yourself a Canucks fan. It’s as simple as that. The Sedin twins were selected all the way back in 1999, but they provided countless memories for Canucks fans right up until the final buzzer went on their final game.
There were multiple instances of shifts where the twins seamlessly cycled the puck in the offensive zone, tiring their opponents out profusely as they tried to find a way to regain control of the puck. There were all the slap passes and one-timed goals, and all the instances of the magical “Sedinery” that the twins brought on an almost nightly basis.
Over the years as the game got faster and younger, it was easy to see that the Sedins were beginning to have a harder time keeping up, despite being amongst the fittest Canucks year after year.
The twins provided Canucks fans with essentially everything but a Stanley Cup, and it really is a shame that 2011 ended the way it did. The Sedins deserved to have cup champions on their hall of fame resumes. Quite nobly, the twins didn’t want to receive that accolade anywhere but Vancouver.
The twins stuck it out in the worst of times, and made the decision to retire after they both enjoyed bounce-back campaigns in 2017-18. In classic Sedin fashion, the twins announced their retirement with just three games remaining in the regular season.
They didn’t get a retirement tour that some players experience, but their final moments as Canucks will give fans everywhere chills forever.
The Sedins retired as a pair of legends who came into the league together, and left the league together, as brothers. They handed the keys to Horvat and Boeser, and a new core piece soon emerged.