Ronalds.Kenins41 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I agree. I see the change in him as well. I am sure he has learned a thing or two over the years and has had a few conversations with Linden. Linden was a great leader, and I am sure Hank has talked to him more than once since he came over. But to say that Linden changed Hank and made him a better leader through those conversations is taking it a bit too far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedintwinpowersactivate Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 This team has something special going on in the dressing room. They could surprise a couple of teams in the playoffs. First we have to make the playoffs though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Horvatian One Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Kassian was also on with Pratt & Taylor, got the tail end of it. Anyone have a summary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyndall2 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Kassian isn't afraid to go to bat for his Sedin linemates. Vrbata and Burrows just mouth off and shove back and forth with the opposing players. Neither one is intimidating to the opposition. Look at Kassian when he is on his game, would you want to drop the gloves with that guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Kassian isn't afraid to go to bat for his Sedin linemates. Vrbata and Burrows just mouth off and shove back and forth with the opposing players. Neither one is intimidating to the opposition. Look at Kassian when he is on his game, would you want to drop the gloves with that guy?Um, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tocnhockey Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 A very nice article, by Ed Willes, about Henrik Sedin in the Province this morning . "Canucks captain earns respect from his teamates with a consistent approach, win or lose" http://www.theprovince.com/sports/hockey/canucks-hockey/Willes+Henrik+Sedin+quiet+leadership+Canucks/10881348/story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronalds.Kenins41 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 ^ Here is the article he posted Trevor Linden was 21 when he was named captain of the Vancouver Canucks and in his 19 NHL seasons, he saw what that one letter can do to a player and his team. He wore the ‘C,’ in 1994 when a close-knit group of Canucks made their ill-fated run to the Stanley Cup final. Four years later, he gave it up to Mark Messier during a bitter feud which tore a hole in the Canucks’ locker room. Linden has seen good captains. He’s seen bad captains. He’s seen how one player can rally a team and another rip it apart. In short, he knows the importance of the position, just as he knows the letter can feel like 16 tons on your shoulder. This is what the Canucks’ president says about the Henrik Sedin, the Canucks’ captain. “With the pressure in a Canadian market, I’m sure there are times when a guy wants to tear that thing off and just be a regular player,” said Linden. “But it’s so much easier when you have a leader like Henrik who comes in every day and does the right thing. Whether it’s the pre-season, the regular season or the off-season, it really sets the table for the team. “It can be difficult in our market. But Henrik is just so level. He’s always the same guy.” And that’s not as easy as it sounds. There are few things in sports that carry the weight and the gravity of the captain’s ‘C,’ in the NHL. Part tradition and part mythology, it’s belonged to the game’s greatest icons, creating an aura that supersedes their on-ice accomplishments. Jean Beliveau would have been a true immortal without the ‘C,’ but that letter and the grace with which he carried it made him a transcendent figure in our country. There is an archetype that runs from Beliveau to Gretzky, Lemieux, Yzerman, Sakic and Crosby that has something to do with quiet strength; with dignity and decency, which also speaks to the game’s core values. Now we’re not going to tell you Henrik belongs in that club. We will tell you he shares some of the charter members’ traits. Game-in, game-out, the leadership provided by him and his brother this season has been the foundation on which the Canucks have built their modest success. Granted, no one is planning the parade route just yet, but when you think of the way last season went, what they’ve done this season is as impressive as their 100-point campaigns. It starts, of course, on the ice. Their big scoring days might be behind them, but the Sedins have re-established themselves as front-liners, which is no small achievement. The intangibles they bring are swell, but they don’t mean as much if they’re not producing, and the Canucks wouldn’t be in a playoff spot if the twins were at last season’s level. But the points also give them the authority to lead and that is their more significant contribution. The Canucks are a team in transition and will be for the foreseeable future as they continue to integrate new players into the lineup. So what does it mean when Bo Horvat looks across the room and sees the way Henrik conducts himself? What does it mean when Zack Kassian can draw on the twins as role models? What will it mean to the young Canucks prospects to have the Sedins as an example? “You watch him around the room and it seems like he never has a bad day,” Horvat said of Henrik. “If he does, he hides it really well. “He’s a true pro and he’s probably our hardest worker in practice. To see that as a young guy, it makes you want to work that much harder.” One day, Horvat will likely be the Canucks’ captain and he will remember how it was when he was young. Henrik, as you might have guessed, plays down his importance. He says he learned a lot by watching Linden in his later years with the Canucks and Markus Naslund when he was team’s captain. He said the rocky start to his NHL career taught him a lot about handling pressure and adversity. As for his leadership style, he said he doesn’t really have one. “It should be part of the way you handle yourself, anyway,” Henrik said. “For me it’s just coming in and being positive. Win or lose, you try to be the same guy. I think people around you appreciate that.” But it’s a little more involved than that. Think, for example, about the way Henrik handles himself in front of the media. After every loss, he’s the first person the scribes head to and he’s always there. After wins he’s sometimes hard to find, but after a loss, both he and Daniel will hang in there, speaking for the team. Now ask yourself, when was the last time they said anything that reflected poorly on the Canucks or their teammates? Maybe that isn’t the most important thing, but it’s part of doing the right thing and in Henrik’s case there’s nothing contrived or manufactured about his style. It’s an extension of his personality and character and that, according to Radim Vrbata, is a player others will follow. “You can’t force people to respect you,” said the 13-year veteran. “It has to come naturally and it does for him.” Horvat, who’s in his first NHL season, has seen the same thing. “He doesn’t try to be that guy,” said the 19-year-old rookie. “It’s just in him.” And this season we can all see it so clearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks_booster Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I think most Vancouver fans have known for a long time about the class and character of both the Sedins. It's nice to see it acknowledged. I enjoyed the radio interview and Province article as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dasein Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Shouldn't have asked him about the Seguin/Benn interview. It doesn't merit a response. And I wanted to punch whoever asked him if he thinks that they play 'tougher' with Kassian out there as a 'protector'... The Sedins are not soft and they don't need "protection" - they are grown men and the leaders of this team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyoung Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Greatest canuck of all time right there,no denying it in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Karlsson Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Do we play the Stars again this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks_booster Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Do we play the Stars again this season? March 28th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Barzal Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Haha, we have to try to keep him in the game. Sedin the babysitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Karlsson Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Do we play the Stars again this season? Can't wait to see the twins and mostly Kass destroy Benn and Seguin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Can't wait to see the twins and mostly Kass destroy Benn and Seguin. Can`t wait to see Kass send Seguin right back to the IR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steen Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I don't know how, but Henrik became even more likable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I said it once I'll say it again, I hope the Sedins remain with us til the end. Great players, great people, great leaders and are great members of the community. Cup are not, it is an honour and a privilege to call the Sedins my heroes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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