According to TSN.ca, the Vancouver Canucks inked star forwards Daniel and Henrik Sedin to matching four-year, $28 million extensions on Friday. The deals keep the twins under contract until the summer of 2018, at which point they will be 38 years old.
The immediate reaction to the deals has largely been positive.
The money is not excessive given the talent level of the players involved—the Sedins, as elite offensive talents, would certainly have commanded more on the open market as free agents—and the term means that the team and players are committed to each other for a long—but not too long—period of time.
What the deal also does is cement the Canucks on their current trajectory.
In some ways, it was inevitable. When Vancouver proved unable to trade Roberto Luongo, it had little choice but to ship out Cory Schneider instead. That decision tied Vancouver’s maximum window as a contending team to the length of time that Luongo could be an above-average NHL goalie.
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