Markus, Trevor, the Steamer… and the Sedins?

With the Sedins now locked up for another 5 years with a no-movement clause – a contract term that will take them to 14 years of service with the Vancouver Canucks – it may be time to start paying attention to where they stand among the franchise’s all-time leading scorers.

CANUCKS FRANCHISE LEADER IN POINTS

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CANUCKS FRANCHISE LEADER IN GOALS

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CANUCKS FRANCHISE LEADER IN ASSISTS

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In fact, the Sedins only need to average 60 points per season for the next 5 seasons to catch up to Markus Naslund as the franchise’s all-time leading scorer. Considering both have been almost point-per-game players since the lockout – Henrik has averaged 0.96 P/G and Daniel has averaged 0.95 P/G – that’s not much of a stretch. (*knock on wood*)

Henrik is 64 assists shy of Trevor Linden’s franchise-high 415 career assists. For what it’s worth, Henrik has averaged 64 assists/season in the last 3 seasons; it’s certainly possible for him to catch up to Trevor this season.

Daniel has his work cut out for him to catch up to Markus Naslund’s franchise-high 346 career goals. He’s 165 goals back, and thus would need to average 33 goals in each of the next 5 seasons to catch to him during the term of this contract. What is probably more within reach is the franchise-lead in powerplay goals scored (Daniel has 67 PPG, Markus’ franchise mark is 114), game-winning goals (Daniel has 36 GWG, Markus’ franchise mark is 49), and overtime goals (Daniel has 7 OT goals, Brendan Morrison’s franchise mark is 9).

Rightly or wrongly, I know Canucks fans have had a hard time accepting the Sedins as elite-level players. I wonder if this changes if they catch up to – and surpass – Markus’, Trevor’s and the Steamer’s franchise records.