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Vancouver Canucks: Falling in Love with the Sedins all over Again

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Flashback to 1999 when then-Vancouver Canucks GM Brian Burke pulled off the deals of a lifetime as he manuevered his way to acquiring a couple of Swedish twins. At the time, most NHL teams were afraid to select the twins because of their desire to play for the same team. There was speculation they would get drafted by separate teams and refuse to sign, thus being given the ability to sign with any team willing to take them both on.

However, Burke would make sure that would not happen, as he pulled off a flurry of trades.