Here is a rundown of some Career Milestones to keep an eye on...
Points
Henrik has an outside shot at the All-Time Canuck Career Points mark. He has 669 points, and has only Smyl (673), Linden (733), and Naslund (756) ahead of him. Not far behind is Daniel with 654 points, who is likely to pass Smyl and perhaps Linden. Both are very likely to surpass 700 NHL points, putting them in the company of Richard Martin, Rene Robert, Charlie Simmer, and Vic Hadfield. Cam Neely had 694 in his injury shortened career.
Kesler who is at #23 on the All-Time Canuck Points list at 288, could pass Ververgaert, Lidster, Mogilny, Kearns, Lumme, Ohlund, Ronning and Sundstrom with a 70 point season to end up in 15th spot, and will likely surpass 300 NHL points.
Assists
Henrik continues to extend his Canuck career mark for assists, currently at 512. He will probably break into the top 100 for the NHL All-Time Assists this season, and with 60 will pass Rick Middleton, Pat LaFontaine, and Mike Bossy!
Daniel Sedin will certainly take over 2nd spot for All-Time Canuck Assists this season – he is at 404, and has Naslund (410), Smyl (411), and Linden (415) in his sights.
Goals
Daniel will pass Pavel Bure (254) on the Canucks All-Time Goals list; he is currently tied with Tanti at 250. Also within reach is Stan Smyl at 262. Passing Smyl will put Daniel 3rd behind Naslund (346) and Linden (318).
Kesler has 131 goals, and will likely pass Sundstrom (133), Morrison (136), Ververgaert (139), and Mogilny (139) this season. He may even pass Henrik, who is currently at 157.
There are 25 All-Time Canuck 100 goal scorers – who will be next? Well, the closest players are Salo at 65, and Raymond at 60, so it doesn’t look like anyone will join the club this season.
Wins and Shutouts
Luongo only needs 19 wins to overtake Kirk McLean’s franchise mark of 211 wins – he is at 193 – and he has a good shot to get there this season. He is 21st on the NHL All-Time Wins list with 308, and would pass Sean Burke, and Gump Worsley with a 30 win season.
Luongo is 18th on the NHL All-Time Shutouts list with 55 – Patrick Roy at 14th with 66 is getting within reach. He already has the Canuck shutout record with 28 over Kirk McLean’s 20 and Cloutier’s 14.
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