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I, for one, am not ready for life without the Sedins.

Today, thousands stand with me. Maybe many, many more.

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If you were a Canucks fan born in the 1990s, the Sedins’ era is the only one you’ve ever known. It was glorious.

The Sedins changed the way we appreciate the sport. They aren’t big or fast. They never had all-world shots and they’re not particularly gritty. They’re more hockey nerds than anything else.

And, in Vancouver, the nerds inherited the earth.

Their relationship with the city was uneasy for years. But the Sedins won you over with the way they thought the game, the way they passed the puck and how they redefined toughness.

Their cycle brought all the boys to the yard and it nearly always delivered.

If ever there was a turning point, it was The Shift, a 2:15-long exhibition in unrelenting pressure against the Edmonton Oilers. When it was over you felt the ground had moved, and the world would never again be quite the same.