The Sedins.

JamesOwnzSam11 · Post by **JamesOwnzSam11** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:12 pm

Did you think they were busts?

Did you always believe? ( yeah Right.)

Do you still think they haven't proven anything?

Badfish · Post by **Badfish** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:47 pm

Personally, you may not believe me but I always had faith. twin brothers that skated and moved like they did at thier age? You had to know something good was comming.

I had a friend however who was one of those "Trade the sisters for a bag of pucks while you still can" type. To this day I love to remind him and rub it in a little. As for having proven anything, well they haven't won anything yet, but that's not exactly thier fault. At thier age, they've got lots of time. If they keep progressing as they have the past two years, We could have a couple of twin brother all-stars.

Honestly I can't wait to see them in the playoffs this year and in years to come! They seem to be big-game players, great for the playoffs. They just keep looking better and better.

unikron · Post by **unikron** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:02 pm

I'll admit that their skating used to concern me a lot, especially the first season in training camp when the would regularly get beat by some slow defensemen (can't remember exactly who) in a foot race. But they always showed a glimpse here and there, and each year they showed growth. What allowed me not to pull what little hair I have out in waiting for them was the fact that it took Joe Thornton 5 season before he really broke out. He was big and slow to start with and he just needed to grow into the NHL game; same with the twins.

On a side note I just have to say I love the twin commercial. The are talented, humble and can laugh at themselves...I hope they never get too expensive for the Canucks

Soapy · Post by **Soapy** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:08 am

Remeber that this is a 'no touch' league now....they would have scored soooo much more earlier but the 'dead puck' era allowed teams ( Calgary & Detroit in the playoffs) to grab on to them & stop the cycle ......we all must agree..its so sweet to watch now. Sure they have developed & gotten stronger...but the rule change has been a godsend to the sisters. I always liked the puck possession they had .....but I got frustrated when they would have the puck in the opponents end for 90 seconds without a shot on goal...that has all changed...did I think Daniel would get 30 a year..not really but 20-25 was always in his range...as for Henrick being a dominating faceoff man...never saw it coming...I thought he was a bit soft...not anymore....these two have a lot af grit...& they are pretty good dancers

levelheaded · Post by **levelheaded** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 8:21 am

To be honest, I lost faith completely. I tried to be optimistic for the first few years they were here, but they were always so slow out there and I thought their style of play was much better suited to the larger ice in Europe. If they'd be drafted in the third round I would've been dissapointed, but they were taken #2, #3 so their general lack of sucess seemed even more frustrating. Plus we traded McCabe for one of the picks, and at the time I still thought he was fairly underrated.

Furthermore, I beleive just before the 05/06 season started, I made a long post about how they were flops and that Nonis should've just bit the bullet and traded them. I officially retract that statement now. The New NHL (By the way when will we stop calling it that?) has really helped them and they can be fun to watch when they are one. I even doubted them being a top line after the WCE was ripped apart. They silenced me there.

Now, the Sedins are premier players in this league. Not top 10 forwards, or maybe even 15, but certainly top 20. They are still young they are locked down for a couple more years at a veritable steal of $3.5 mill per season. We should have a bright future with them as a top line for the next little while. If they can find another player like Carter to play with (Pyatt is okay, but far from terrific) they will be unstoppable.

Island Nucklehead · Post by **Island Nucklehead** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:51 am

I always thought they could do better. There was times when they showed flashes of what we see on a regular basis this year. Sedins four goal game against Detroit last year cemented my opinion on both of them: they can be first line players in this league.

I like the bargaining chips as well. Being brothers, I can seriously see them taking a much lower individual salary to stay together...something of a package. I have serious doubts that they could flourish apart from one another, the sibling intuition is just so amazing. Together, they have the ability to make pretty much anyone with a decent sense of scoring better.

I also totally agree with the "New NHL" comment. The cycle game would never work so well back then, and now we see pretty much the entire league adopting some form of the twins' game on some line or another. Luongo and these two are the future for the Canucks. They're still only 26...so it's safe to assume their just comming into their best years.

tuzzi44 · Post by **tuzzi44** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:43 pm

When we drafted them, I thought it was cool to have a set of identical twins, but never throught they would become the dominant players they are now. I was excited about the idea of the bond that twins have was setting up for some incredible chemistry, which proved to be true. And i always thought it would be an interesting story line if one got traded for some reason and not the other, considering they have been playing together since they were young.
But They have certainly developed into very skillful players in their own right, and the opposing defense have no choice but to take notice of them when they are on the ice. and now that the clutch-grab aspect of the game has been removed from the game, the Sedins still have room to get better!

Cornuck · Post by **Cornuck** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:52 pm

Island Nucklehead wrote:I like the bargaining chips as well. Being brothers, I can seriously see them taking a much lower individual salary to stay together...something of a package.

I was thinking about this the other day. Consider if the team didn't make the deals to pick 2-3. They would have gone to separate teams, and who know how they would have ended up. I would think that they appreciate the rare opportunity that they have been given, and should realize that it would be quite difficult to trade them as a package.

I wouldn't mind seeing them signed to long term deals at all.

tuzzi44 · Post by **tuzzi44** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:11 pm

Cornuck wrote: I wouldn't mind seeing them signed to long term deals at all.

Perhaps DN should take a page out of Garth Snow's long term deals book

LuongoIsNirvana · Post by **LuongoIsNirvana** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:04 pm

I always believed that they could be solid 2nd line players - I wasn't sure whether or not they'd be better than that.

SRsez · Post by **SRsez** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:12 pm

The somewhat typical Swedish 4 year learning curve. You youngsters should always listen to your elders. We've seen it before. Just like I was saying it 5 years ago.

sk8er · Post by **sk8er** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:46 pm

I know it is easy to say it now, but I never thought it was a good idea to consider trading them. I always felt that it would take them longer to get accustomed to the North American game. I don't know if I thought they would be dominant players but I always thought they would be better than people were saying, calling them the sisters and shit like that.....