bure's triple deke Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 http://burestriplede...rik-sedins.html Five years after Naslund, Henrik's 757th A cross-crease one-timer to Burrows. Poetic justice at its finest. Henrik's 757th point to pass Markus Naslund could not have been achieved on a more fitting play. After receiving the puck from Daniel, he unleashes one of those seeing-eye passes off the rush, landing right on the tape through a maze of sticks. It's what we've come to expect from the captain in his historic tenure here. It may not have occurred to many, but putting Hank's record in the context of the past decade, the Canucks' faithful have been truly and uniquely blessed. Coinciding with all the team success the club has enjoyed, Vancouver has seen three all-time record holders in the past nine years. (Four of record-holding calibre if you include Daniel, who's not far behind.) To put that into perspective, the Flames' all-time mark has shifted owners once – from Fleury to Iginla in 2009 – over the past fourteen years. Better yet, Darryl Sittler's 916 points as a Maple Leaf stood for just over a quarter-century before Mats Sundin surpassed in 2007. Most teams' greatest players are separated by at least a generation or two. Meanwhile, the Canucks have been fortunate enough to stage their four most-prolific players of all-time in a single nine-year span. To take you back through the annals, it was on March 8, 2004, that Linden overtook Stan Smyl with his 674th point as a Canuck, a second assist to Brad May. Nearly four years later, on December 5, 2007, Naslund followed suit with his 725th point on a feed to Mattias Ohlund. No more than five years and two months have passed and the Canucks' all-time record bears yet another owner. You'd think Canucks fans would start to value the accomplishment less and less. But if you thought that Henrik's second assist last night yielded more emotion than you remember Linden or Naslund's ever having, you're not mistaken. Of all the games, Linden broke Smyl's mark just a period before Todd Bertuzzi ruined two careers in one fell swoop. Pardon the city for tempering their celebration. By the time Naslund took his turn at the top, Vancouver's love affair with the captain was already in sharp decline while Linden was toiling away on the fourth unit. Say what you will about his last few years as a Canuck, Naslund was a class act all the way. For that reason, he would have no sooner defaced a number 16 uniform than make any legitimate acknowledgement of the record with Linden still active on the team. Lucky for Vancouver, the city got another kick at the celebratory can. Though the game ended in a loss, it featured what was most likely the longhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCVKmJxbjGct was one of those rare instances in which the outcome of the game wasn't what anyone wanted to talk about afterwards. The city got to rally behind their captain for what is, statistically, the greatest individual feat a player can accomplish with a team. Really, what's a seventh-straight win? So congratulations, Henrik. Next stop, 1,000 points? -HC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeak Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Seems like a lot of promoting your own blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bure's triple deke Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 Seems like a lot of promoting your own blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnabyJoe Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Good article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlayStation Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Seems like a lot of promoting your own blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuck nit Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Really enjoy the cerebral play of the Sedins ,just as I loved Naslund's game. Both were class acts representing all of us at Canucks nation with the highest standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossram Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Canucks fans really are lucky to watch Henrik (and Daniel) craft such incredible plays night-in and night-out. East coasters just don't appreciate their talent. Also in general, Canucks fans have been lucky to watch all their greatest talent relatively recently - Bure, Linden, WCE, Ohlund, Sedins, Luongo, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmon Arm Canuck Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 If all goes well, Henrik will hit the 1000 mark either at the end of the 2014-15 campaign, or around the beginning of 2015-16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwnstar Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 If all goes well, Henrik will hit the 1000 mark either at the end of the 2014-15 campaign, or around the beginning of 2015-16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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