After last night's game against the Dallas Stars, the Canucks' 41st of the season, Vancouver is at the midway point of its 08-09 NHL season.
This season happens to be the eighth of their career for Daniel and Henrik Sedin, who have been wowing Canucks fans with 2-minute cycles in the offensive zone, slap passes and poor playoff performances for the better part of a decade. As such, it is now time to determine the question that has been on every Vancouver fan's mind since Daniel and Henrik were taken second and third, respectively, in the first round of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft: who is the better hockey player?
Clearly the twins are offensive players, so they will be judged solely on their offensive output. And, as of today, Daniel is clearly the superior Sedin with 421 points to Henrik's relatively paltry 415. Not only has Danny scored six more career points than Hank, he has done it in four fewer games!
Yes, Henrik has played in 605 regular season games while Daniel has suited up for a mere 601 matches. That means that Daniel's point-per-game average is 0.700, dwarfing his brother's 0.686 average. It doesn't take Einstein to tell you which player is better!
So, now that Daniel superiority has been clearly established I think it is time to ditch this whole "identical twins, identical contracts" nonsense that has been the basis of every Sedin contract thus far in their career. When it is time to re-up the twins at the end of this season, I suggest that Mike Gillis give Daniel the farm and lowball Henrik.
Hey, it's only fair based on their respective statistical histories. You never heard anyone complaining that Brent Gretzky got paid less money during his (13 game) NHL career than did his brother Wayne, right? So why should the Sedins be any different?
