The Sedins are great and you should feel un-great if you feel otherwise. It really is that simple. They’re the two best players in Canucks lore and their immense success on the ice is rivaled only by their immense generosity off.

Which makes it so baffling that they’ve spent so much of their careers paid little, if any respect by the media abroad. I mean, I’m not going full John Garrett (you never go full John Garrett), but we actually live in a world where media members still run the “sisters” narrative. All this is to say, that sometimes I wonder how their legacy will be projected once they walk into the sunset.

So I asked the writers for their thoughts on the Sedins twins, and whether this market will remember them fondly and as a success. Even if they retire without a Stanley Cup win, of course.

I think that Canucks fans will look back on the Sedins fondly for the most part, but there will always be some fans that simply think they couldn’t get it done. Shrink goalie gear. Guys like Mats Sundin are a perfect example of elite players that get shunned by a sect of their former fanbase for being ‘less than cup-worthy’, simply because they couldn’t win… and while I’d love to think that Canucks fans are universally classier than Leafs fans who bash Mats Sundin, let’s be honest. People out there will still want to complain, especially once Jared McCann hoists the cup during his own career.

C’mon with these softballs JD. The Sedins will be remembered as the best players, and the best people, to ever take the ice for Vancouver. They led the most dominant Canucks team ever to within one game of the Stanley Cup and have been the only thing between the Canucks and the bottom of the standings ever since. Their jerseys will be hung from the rafters the moment they retire and we would be fools as fans not to hold them even more fondly in our hearts.

I don’t think there’s any question that the memories and soundbites of the Sedin’s tenure in Vancouver will echo throughout the arena, the city and the community for a long time. They have been consummate professionals for as long as they have been here, they have faced the adversity and dealt with the criticisms from fanbases. They singlehandedly personify the “Everyone Vs. Us” mentality we have been so used to the last few years. They brought accolades to the city we have never seen. A hart trophy, from Henrik Sedin, who did it without the help of his brother Daniel, who is now the all-time scorer in Canucks history. They brought President’s Trophies to the city (I know, I know.) and they carried the team through the 2011 finals, behind the leadership of not only Henrik the captain, but Daniel by his side. But most of all, they have donated and helped in the community countless times, and will never stray from the opportunity to help people. Their legacy is much more than the awards, and the accolades they have stockpiled in their time.

Yes. I think they will and rightly so because if you can’t look back on their careers fondly, you can’t really look back on any Canuck careers fondly and if you can’t get any nice memories out of sports then why are you watching?

What a silly question – Yes.

Who’s in charge this week, anyways?

I’d like to think the obvious answer is a resounding yes, but I work on construction sites with people who still call them #soft and bemoan them having never won a cup. Because hockey isn’t a team sport, right? Anyways, Jonathan Quick is elite.

The Sedins are the best people to grace this city and ideally they’ll be remembered accordingly. I can’t blame them, or anyone, for not bringing home the Stanley Cup – trust me, once you acknowledge Vancouver lost on bad luck, the pain stops. I can, however, hold them accountable for ushering in four or five of the best and most successful years of hockey this franchise has ever enjoyed.

I will weep like a helpless infant when they retire.