Sedin brothers' partnership makes them Hall of Fame worthy

Daniel and Henrik Sedin headline the 2022 Hockey Hall of Fame class but it was their 17-year partnership in Vancouver, rather than individual accolades, that makes them worthy of entry in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

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SAM CHANG: I think those are all deserving players. And for the number of people I saw commenting in reply that the Sedins and Luongo never won anything and that they were overrated, like, you just never watched the Canucks play. That's all I've got to say to you.

Like, you never watched the Sedins play a single shift. If you still somehow think they're soft, you've never watched the Sedins play a single shift. And you should probably go watch some of the footage of the Sedins play because that is some of the best hockey I have ever seen. Like, the things they did were ridiculous. And if you missed out on that, that's your loss.

JULIAN MCKENZIE: Man,

OMAR: Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, the Sedins-- the Sedins being in the NHL, like, twins playing on the same team at that level--

JULIAN MCKENZIE: Drafted one after the other.

OMAR: --blew my mind. And then just, like, to Sam's point, seeing what they could do, like, the bank pass off the boards, like, those plays, like, that's vintage Sedin, man. So it's, just, like, they were, are, and always will be, like, incredible parts of, like, NHL's history. And, yeah, like, you know, seeing them in the Hall of Fame, regardless of, like, cups and stuff, like, come on. But, yes, yes, cups are important, for sure.

But, like, you don't have to win a cup to be to still be, like, you know, a high-influence player or a member of the NHL and of hockey. And, you know, if you're going to say that the Sedin twins aren't deserving of that, then, yeah, to Sam's point, like, you never watched them play because, like, again, to their point, they did a phenom-- like, the things they did for the league, especially in the time the league was starting to get more and more skilled, it was just, like, unfounded what they were doing.

So, like, I'm still extremely psyched for them to make it. And Lunogo was hilarious. Did anyone see his tweet? It was, like, best line-- best line in hockey, Luongo.

[LAUGHTER]

JULIAN MCKENZIE: [INAUDIBLE]

OMAR: [INAUDIBLE] Hilarious. So, yeah.

SAM CHANG: The other thing, to that point about the Stanley Cup thing that bothers me, is it's the Hockey Hall of Fame. It's not the NHL Hall of Fame. It's the Hockey Hall of Fame. People go in who did not play in the NHL.

And it's also one of the reasons that it bothers me that women-- they have a bylaw limiting every class to two women, and they don't even use both spots. And I would like someone to explain to me why every class is limited to two women. Like, what is the reason behind this for the Hockey Hall of Fame?

JULIAN MCKENZIE: That's a very valid question.

OMAR: Yeah.

JUSTIN CUTHBERT: I mean, yeah-- I mean, it makes absolutely no sense. I don't-- I don't even understand how they can have that rule in place and, you know, not have their feet held to the fire. I don't know. That's just ridiculous. But just on the Sedins, it was a Hall-of-Fame partnership. Would they have stood alone as Hall-of-Famers if Brian Burke didn't swoop in and make sure that they played on the same team? I'm not really sure.

But what they did together was Hall of Fame worthy. They helped transcend the game. They helped grow the game. They helped-- basically, you know, they're part of setting the tone for what is a more skill-focused-- I wouldn't say fast because they weren't blazers, but a skill-focused-- more creative, more exciting brand of hockey that we have now. I think they played a major role in that.

And I think that when they were together, and when they were on, they were definitely Hall of Fame worthy. Of course, Roberto Luongo is a definite. Not sure about Daniel Alfredsson. But I'm not too mad about it.

JULIAN MCKENZIE: Ooh. We could talk about that.

JUSTIN CUTHBERT: I think it's a pretty good class. And these classes are getting more and more enjoyable because there's more familiarity, I think, as these players-- well, as we get older, as they get older, as we're more familiar with them, which is nice. But Sam's right about, like, why-- I don't know. It doesn't make any sense to me.