The NHL celebrates the best of the last 25 years by unveiling the quarter-century teams from each of the 32 NHL franchises and the Arizona Coyotes.
Each team is represented by a first team and a second team, each made up of six players – three attackers, two defenders and a goalkeeper – who played for that franchise after January 1, 2000. The players from the first and second teams were selected by members of the national and local media, by NHL.com journalists who covered these teams as well as by former players.
The six players who were selected for the first team of each team will have their names placed on the ballot for the NHL All-Star Team of the Quarter Century, which will be determined by a vote of the fans who will begin in February.
Today, the Vancouver Canucks first and second teams. Players are listed in alphabetical order:
VANCOUVER CANUCKS QUARTER-CENTURY TEAMS
First team
Attackers
Markus Naslund
Daniel Sedin
Henrik Sedin
Defenders
Alexander Edler
Quinn Hughes
Guardian
Roberto Luongo
Attackers: Acquired in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1995-96, Naslund spent 12 seasons with the Canucks, including eight after the turn of the century. He ranks third during this period with 584 points (261 goals, 323 assists) in 604 games. Before the start of the 2000–01 season, he was named team captain, a role he retained for seven years. Naslund won the Lester B. Pearson Trophy, now known as the Ted Lindsay Trophy, as the MVP of the 2002-03 season according to his peers. Daniel and Henrik Sedin, meanwhile, were selected second and third overall, respectively, in the 1999 draft. The twins spent their 17 NHL seasons in Vancouver and are the two leading scorers in Canucks history. Henrik collected 1070 points (240 goals, 830 assists) in 1330 games, while Daniel obtained 1041 (393 goals, 648 assists) in 1306 games. The Canucks have qualified for the playoffs 11 times with Sedin on their roster. In such a situation, Henrik totaled 78 points (23 goals, 55 assists) in 105 games and Daniel, 71 (25 goals, 46 assists) in 102 games. The Twins came within one game of hoisting the Stanley Cup. In 2011, the Canucks suffered elimination in game seven of the grand final against the Boston Bruins. At the end of this journey, Daniel (104 points; 41 goals, 63 assists) won the Ted-Lindsay trophy and the Art-Ross, awarded to the best point scorer on the circuit in the season; Henrik had obtained the honor the previous year with a harvest of 112 points (29 goals, 83 assists) in 82 games. He also won the Hart Trophy, awarded annually to the most valuable player for his team.
Defenders: Edler was a third-round pick (91st overall) of the Canucks in the 2004 draft. He spent 15 of his 17 NHL seasons in Vancouver, recording a career-high 409 points (99 goals, 310 assists) in 925 games. for a defender in team history. He also obtained 38 points (eight goals, 30 assists) in 82 playoff games. The seventh overall pick in the 2018 draft, Hughes is in his sixth season with the Canucks. The current team captain has, at the time of writing, 381 points (53 goals, 328 assists) in 405 games. Last June, he won the Norris Trophy, awarded annually to the best defenseman in the NHL.
Guardian : Luongo, acquired in a trade with the Florida Panthers on June 23, 2006, is the Canucks’ all-time leader in wins (252) and shutouts (38). His 448 matches played since the turn of the century also represent a record among goalkeepers who have worn the blue-white-black uniform. Luongo helped his team reach the grand final in 2011. A few weeks earlier, he and Cory Schneider won the William M. Jennings Trophy, awarded to the goalies of the team that allowed the fewest goals in the season (185).
