Pressure

PRESSURE”…
FOR THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS…IT IS “THE” WORD WILL DEFINE THIS SEASON…
TO START WITH…THE HOCKEY NEWS HAS THE CANUCKS PICKED TO WIN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE…
A BIG REASON FOR THAT IS…HENRIK SEDIN IS LAST SEASON’S WINNER OF BOTH THE HART AND ART ROSS TROPHIES…
LASTNIGHT THE TWINS WERE AT METRO TOWN SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FOR E.A. SPORTS…
AS YOU MAY KNOW…DANIEL AND HENRIK ARE ON THE SWEDISH VERSION OF NHL 11…
AND SHOULD ROBERTO LUONGO CHOOSE TO GIVE UP THE “C”???
THERE IS A REAL POSSIBILITY HENRIK COULD BE NAMED CAPTAIN…
WHEN ASKED ABOUT ALL THE EXPECTATIONS BOTH PLAYERS ARE NOW FACING???
DANIEL EXPLAINED IT THIS WAY:
“THE PRESSURE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE…BUT WE’D MUCH RATHER HAVE THIS KIND OF PRESSURE…THAN THE KIND WE HAD THE FIRST FEW YEARS”…
NO KIDDING!!!
IN THE FIRST 5 YEARS IN VANCOUVER THE SEDINS HAD BEEN LABLED “THE SISTERS”…
IN THOSE DAYS…IT WOULD HAVE EASY TO HAVE DEMANDED A TRADE…
OR SIMPLY BECOME UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS…AND SIGN WITH ANOTHER TEAM…
INSTEAD THEY CHOOSE TO STAY…
AFTER THE LOCKOUT…BOTH DANIEL AND HENRIK HAD BREAK OUT SEASONS…AND OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS AVERAGED ALMOST 80 POINTS A SEASON…
THEN LAST SEASON…THEY TOOK THEIR GAME TO ANOTHER LEVEL…
HENRIK LED THE LEAGUE IN SCORING WITH 112 POINTS…
AND DESPITE THE FACT DANIEL MISSED 19 GAMES BECAUSE OF INJURIES…HE STILL MANAGED 85 POINTS…
IN FACT…ONLY ALEXANDER OVECHKIN AVERAGED MORE “POINTS PER GAME” THAN THE SEDINS…
SO NOW WHAT…CAN THEY DUPLICATE THAT PERFORMANCE???
THERE IS EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THEY CAN…
ON THE 26TH OF THIS MONTH THE TWINS WILL TURN 30…STILL VERY MUCH IN THEIR PRIME…
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY…THEY SEEM TO BE “IMMUNE” TO OUTSIDE PRESSURE…
AND THAT…SHOULD GIVE HOPE TO CANUCK FANS…THAT MAYBE…JUST MAYBE…THIS SEASON…
THERE “IS” REASON TO BELIEVE!!!