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Saturday, July 27, 2019

{allcanada} July 28: Messier leaves Rangers for Canucks

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: July 28

1997: Mark Messier, a free agent after six seasons with the New York Rangers, signs a three-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks.

Several teams talk to Messier, but the Canucks, after failing to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 1996-97, make a major push to sign the 36-year-old center three years after he scores the winning goal against them in Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Final.

However, the signing doesn't work the way Vancouver intends. Messier finishes his first season with 60 points (22 goals, 38 assists), down from 36 goals and 84 points in his final season with the Rangers. Injuries limit Messier to 59 and 66 games in the following two seasons, when he finishes with 48 and 54 points, respectively.

The Canucks miss the playoffs in each of Messier's three seasons in Vancouver before he returns to New York for the 2000-01 season.

 

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1984: Forward Zach Parise is born in Minneapolis. The son of longtime NHL forward J.P. Parise plays for his father at Shattuck-St. Mary's School and attends the University of North Dakota before joining the New Jersey Devils in 2005. He scores 30 or more goals five times in a span of six seasons and helps the Devils reach the Stanley Cup Final in 2012. But less than a month after Parise and the Devils lose to the Los Angeles Kings, he signs a 13-year, $98 million contract with the Minnesota Wild.

ST. LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 31: Zach Parise #11 of the Minnesota Wild plays in the game against the St. Louis Blues at the Scottrade Center on October 31, 2015 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Tim Umphrey/NHLI via Getty Images)

 

1999: The Canucks sign Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin to their first pro contracts. The Sweden-born twins are the best young prospects in Europe, and they want to play together if they are to come to North America. Canucks general manager Brian Burke makes a series of trades that give Vancouver the second and third picks in the 1999 NHL Draft; the Canucks take Daniel No. 2 and Henrik No. 3. The Sedins spend their entire 17-season NHL careers with the Canucks before retiring after the 2017-18 season. Henrik wins the Art Ross and Hart trophies in 2009-10; Daniel wins the Art Ross in 2010-11. Each also wins the King Clancy Trophy for leadership and humanitarian contributions in their community.

VANCOUVER, BC - MARCH 13: Henrik Sedin #33 and Daniel Sedin #22 of the Vancouver Canucks look on from the bench during their NHL game against the Boston Bruins at Rogers Arena March 13, 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)

 

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