It was the worst kept secret in the city. The fact that Trevor Linden’s #16 jersey would be retired was inevitable. The only question was when.
That will be December 17, 2008 vs the Edmonton Oilers.
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“Retiring a player’s sweater is one of the highest honours a club can pay to its most elite players and ambassadors,” said Chris Zimmerman, President and CEO, Canucks Sports & Entertainment. “Trevor embodies the qualities we strive for as an organization; character, hard working, commitment, generous and loyal. We are proud that his sweater will hang beside Stan Smyl’s at General Motors Place.” [press release]
As one would expect, Trevor has been humble about the entire event.
“This is a tremendous honour and I am very grateful to the club,” said Linden. “To be drafted by the Canucks organization 20 years ago as an 18 year old and to now have my sweater retired is very humbling and rewarding.”[press release]
Have a listen back to the interview I did with Trevor Linden when he announced his retirement. I asked him then about having his number retired and he was humbled by the thought.
But we all knew it was going to happen. And it’s the right thing to do.
Linden, 38, retired as a Canuck on the 20th anniversary of his Draft day, June 11, 2008. He left the Canucks and the NHL after 19 seasons having recorded 867 career points (375-492-867) in 1382 regular season games with the Canucks, Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders and Washington Capitals. In addition, Linden was a proven Playoff performer, in 124 Stanley Cup Playoff games, he recorded 99 points (34-65-99) and 104 penalty minutes. Of his 124 Playoff games, 118 came in a Canucks uniform, highlighted by his 25 points (12-13-25) in 24 games during the Canucks 1994 Stanley Cup run that concluded in a Game 7 versus the New York Rangers. [press release]
Don’t have tickets to the game? Don’t worry. In the next few weeks I’ll be giving you the details on which games I will be selling Vancouver Canucks tickets to this season. I bought a season ticket package with the idea of re-selling the tickets to you in exchange for donations to Team Diabetes.
I will have tickets vs the Toronto Maple Leafs up for grabs, and tickets to the Linden retirement night as well.
I mean, why not give ‘em up? I had tickets to Linden’s final game of his career and handed those over to Meg Fowler. This time I won’t be handing them over .. you’ll have to pay for ‘em 
It’s simple, you give me the face value for the tickets, and the premium you will pay in an auction goes directly to Team Diabetes and earns you a tax receipt.
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