The Sedin Twins

And now for some hockey news. The Flyers lost last for the 6th time in the last 7 games. Part of the reason they lost? Vancouver's Sedin twins (seen above), who I think are one of the most interesting stories in professional sports.

The Swedish Sedin twins, Henrik and Daniel, have literally played on the same hockey teams for their entire lives. When both were considered Top 10 Prospects in the NHL's 1999 draft, the twins made it clear that they would be happiest playing together. This was not surprising news. There have been many sets of brothers in professional sports throughout the years, most of which I'm sure would have loved the chance to play together. The draft system, however, makes that difficult when the two players are top prospects. The Sedins made history anyway when they more and less convinced the Canucks to make several pre-draft trades to ultimately end up with the 2nd and 3rd overall picks which they of course used to draft the brothers who have played together in Vancouver ever since. According to most NHL sources, the two all-pro's play (on the same line, of course) with more chemistry than any other pairing in the league. On July 1st, 2009 the brothers negotiated identical 5 year/$30 million contracts to stay together with the Canucks. The two may very well end their careers on the same team and as one of professional sports' coolest stories.