On the morning of April 2nd, 2018, the Sedin twins announced their plans to retire.
Just a day after April Fools Day, many Canucks fans hoped that’s all the tweets popping up on their feed were, a day late April Fools joke. Yes, it was true, the Sedin twins were retiring from the National Hockey League after playing for almost 20 years, all for the Vancouver Canucks.
There were three games left in the season. Two at home, one in Edmonton. I remember calling my friend and asking him if he wanted to make a road trip to Edmonton to watch the final game because by 11 a.