Best player in franchise history-Vancouver Canucks

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Previous poll winners

Toronto Maple Leafs: Auston Matthews (30.5%)
Montreal Canadiens: Jean Beliveau (44.0)
New York Rangers: Brian Leetch (48.7%)
Chicago Blackhawks: Bobby Hull (57.3%)
Detroit Red Wings: Gordie Howe (81.6%)
Boston Bruins: Bobby Orr (89.3%)
St. Louis Blues: Brett Hull (81.3%)
Philadelphia Flyers: Bobby Clarke (62.5%)
Pittsburgh Penguins: Mario Lemieux (91.5%)
Los Angeles Kings: Wayne Gretzky (69.8%)
Dallas Stars: Mike Modano (87.6%)
Buffalo Sabres: Dominic Hasek (89.7%)

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[Luck 6]

Tough call between H Sedin and Bure for me…

 

[biturbo19]

My head says Henrik Sedin, but my heart still says Bure.


Looking at it objectively, Hank has the Hart, Ross, Clancy. Better longevity with the Canucks and didn't leave on sour terms.

But Bure was just so dynamic and special. He was phenom and a household name. The way he broke onto the scene is straight out of a storybook. And he doesn't have a bit of an asterisk sharing those Canucks accolades with his brother.


So Bure it is. Despite not really being able to make the strongest objective case for it.

 

[Play]

It’s Bure. Anyone saying otherwise needs to give their head a shake!

 

[Three On Zero]

Bure, and it's unfortunate how things played out when we could have seen him and Gretzky both playing together

 

[Regal]

Henrik Sedin is the best Canuck. Bure is the best player to play prime years for the Canucks. As much as these polls say “best player” though, the options usually have suggested it to mean the greatest legacy with the team, so I voted for Hank

 

[JoVel]

Other - Messier

 

[banks]

I think, in this case, there should be an exception to vote for both Daniel and Henrik. They have always been a package deal. Let's just admit that they can be taken as a unit.

As a unit, the Sedin twins are the best player(s) in Canucks history.

 

[ViD]

Pavel

 

[CanucksSayEh]

Hank
Bure
Danny

 

[tabness]

Stan Smyl should be an option

Of course gotta drop the great Bure video by Kevin Wong

 

[Rowlet]

Is it too late to add Kuzmenko?

 

[Steven Toast]

Messier has had the best career of any player to ever wear a Canucks jersey IMO.

In terms of what was accomplished wearing a Canucks it's Bure.

 

[ghostingtaro]

Voted Other Messier

 

[Machinehead]

I voted for Daniel cause I felt bad for him

 

[Hisch13r]

Find you someone who loves you as much as HF loves Bure. My god is he ever overrated on this site. Henrik (and Daniel for that matter) have both the peak and longevity edge.

 

[ViD]

Find you someone who loves you as much as HF loves Bure. My god is he ever overrated on this site. Henrik (and Daniel for that matter) have both the peak and longevity edge.

“Pavel Bure, the franchise leader in points-per-game and goals-per-game, scored nine hat-tricks and 24 short-handed goals as a Canuck.”

I will take Bure’s peak of 60 goals and 110 points over Henrik’s 112 points any day of the week

 

[Regal]

Find you someone who loves you as much as HF loves Bure. My god is he ever overrated on this site. Henrik (and Daniel for that matter) have both the peak and longevity edge.

As good as the Sedins were in 09-11, it was also a bit of a perfect storm for them, and I don’t believe either of them individual were as good as 92-94 Bure, who didn’t have anyone near his level to play with, and was harder to contain even by good defensive teams. Sedins could be held to the perimeter by good defences and if their cross ice options were taken away they struggled to get prime scoring chances. It’s one of the reason their playoff possession numbers are dominant but their scoring is only ok. Bure’s speed and puck control was better at breaking down defences.

I do think Bure gets overrated, but I also think it’s fair to take him for peak here. I think the bigger thing is people forget he only had 3 seasons above 60 points with the team though, and played fewer games for the franchise than Jim Sandlak

 

[Nasti]

I don’t think there’s a player in history who used his speed more effectively than Bure.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Where is the Mark Messier option?

Find you someone who loves you as much as HF loves Bure. My god is he ever overrated on this site. Henrik (and Daniel for that matter) have both the peak and longevity edge.

wow, and I thought mentioning Messier was trolling

 

[Vakarte]

Bure is the most talented player to play for the Canucks

H. Sedin is the greatest Canuck in terms of representing the franchise if you get what that means.