Nothing lasts forever. Pavel Bure left the Vancouver Canucks and played for another team. Trevor Linden retired. Daniel and Henrik Sedin set new franchise records, and have also retired.
The current Vancouver roster features just two players from their 2011 Stanley Cup Final run and, while Chris Tanev has a year remaining on his current deal, the next few weeks could potentially see the only other remaining survivor of that team depart. Who here remembers what it’s like to watch a Canucks team without Alex Edler on it?
While it’s still likely that Edler does end up receiving a contract extension, the only recent word on the street is that the two parties remain apart in both term and the sticky issue of protection.