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Swedes have ruled Vancouver for nearly 20 years.

Markus Naslund to the Sedin twins is a connection not unlike Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers, without the championships, of course.

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You know it’s been a long time when you have to count in decades when looking back for the last player not named Sedin or Naslund to lead the Canucks in points.

It was 19 years ago. The player was Pavel Bure.

What followed Bure was the two best eras in Canucks history. The second, the Sedin era, has been held together by loose stitches for a couple of years now. The Sedins are 36, their careers gently closing.

Just a few months ago, people were still questioning where the next one was going to come from. You can’t help but wonder now if he’s already here.

At the halfway point of the season, Bo Horvat leads the Canucks in goals and points. He managed Vancouver’s only goal in a spirited 3-1 loss to the Flames in Calgary on Saturday. It was the exclamation point on a wondrous, 48-second shift, a stretch during which Calgary got a stick on the puck just three times.