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ST. wholesale nfl jerseys . PAUL, Minn. -- If Minnesota Wild coach Mike Yeo is looking to teach his team something about effort, he could use Henrik Sedin as an example. Henrik and Daniel Sedin both scored against Minnesota for the first time in their careers to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-2 win over the fading Wild on Thursday night. Henrik Sedin played through a sore foot that bothered him throughout warmups, extending his consecutive games streak to 553 -- the second-longest active run in the NHL. "We flat-out stink the last two months. We stink," Yeo said. "We come in and we dont have a good enough effort from too many guys. Thats concerning. Im concerned about the fact that we come into games and we dont have enough guys when we should have absolute desperation in our game playing against a team like this. We have too many guys not ready to pay the price." Maxim Lapierre, Manny Malhotra and Ryan Kesler also scored for the Canucks. Dany Heatley scored 13 seconds into the game for the Wild (25-21-8), the fastest goal to start a game in team history. A CT scan earlier in the day on Henrik Sedins foot came back clean and the Vancouver captain looked just fine when he flew in behind a Wild defender and gave the Canucks (34-15-5) a 3-1 lead early in the second period. "After warmups, I wasnt that good," Sedin said. "But once the game starts you get the adrenaline going a little bit. It was good." The Sedin twins have scored 27 career goals and totalled 107 points against Minnesota, but Thursday was the first time both scored in the same game. Henriks teammates enjoyed the offence he provided, but talked more about his willingness to play through pain. "People talk about toughness, and toughness is a lot more than dropping the gloves," wing Byron Bitz said. "Playing through injuries and things like that, thats toughness." Minnesota captain Mikko Koivu returned after missing the previous eight games with a shoulder injury and centred a line with Heatley and Devin Setoguchi. But Koivus return wasnt enough to spark an offence thats scored more than one goal just once in its last five games. The Wild rank 29th in the NHL in goals. "We need to figure it out somehow, whether its putting more pucks to the net and shooting a lot more and trying to create traffic," centre Kyle Brodziak said. "I think we just need to get back to scoring some dirtier goals and hopefully our confidence will come from there." Keslers goal was an empty-netter late in the third period. Looking to get his teams offence going, Vancouver coach Alain Vigneault put the twins on separate lines Tuesday against Nashville. They were back together against Minnesota and now have combined for 113 points this season. After Heatleys quick goal, Daniel Sedin scored at 4:26 of the first with Vancouver on a 5-on-3 power play. Lapierre made it 2-1 with 42 seconds left in the first. Henrik Sedin made it 3-1 just 50 seconds into the second. The Wild, 3-4-1 without Koivu, went almost 20 minutes without a shot on goal to close the first period and start the second before the Koivu-Setoguchi-Heatley line got going again and gave Minnesota some life. The Wild had a 20-17 advantage in shots when Malhotra tipped Kevin Bieksas wrist shot past Niklas Backstrom, causing the Wild goalie to look up in frustration. "When it was time to be physical and be gritty, I thought our guys were physical and gritty," Vigneault said. Setoguchi scored his 11th goal at 4:02 of the third period. Minnesota entered tied with Phoenix for eighth in the Western Conference. The win brought the Canucks within one point of idle Detroit for most in the NHL. It was also the first time in seven games that the Canucks played in a game decided by more than one goal. "It was great to get a regulation game and take some stress off a few people," goalie Cory Schneider said. "Definitely the way we want to play." Schneider started in net for Vancouver. Regular goalie Roberto Luongo has shut out the Wild three straight times, all at home, but has lost three straight in Minnesota with a 7.00 goals-against average. While Schneider was talking about finally winning by more than a goal, Yeo was preparing to put some of his players through a post-game workout. "Well have to look at this carefully," Yeo said. "What we do in practice and all the Xs and Os and all these things we talk about are completely irrelevant right now. If we dont have complete desperation and urgency and willingness to pay the price -- its what winners do -- its going to lead to more disappointment." Notes: Lapierre, Bieksa and Dan Hamhuis were all given game misconducts with less than a minute to play. Cal Clutterbuck was given a misconduct for Minnesota. ... The previous Minnesota record for fastest goal to start a game was 21 seconds by Matt Johnson on March 23, 2003, against Detroit. ... Minnesota placed defenceman Clayton Stoner on the injured list with an unspecified leg injury. Yeo said Stoners status was week to week. ... Canucks wing Dale Weise was scratched with a foot injury and defenceman Keith Ballard was scratched with a neck injury. ... Calgary defenceman Jay Bouwmeester was at 559 consecutive games played entering Thursday. nfl jerseys china . The value of the contract was confirmed by Brunners agent, Neil Sheehy. Brunner has been attending the Devils training camp on a professional tryout. . The New York Yankees lefty had his good stuff going on this dreary afternoon. [url=http://www.stitchednflcheapjerseys.com/]http://www.stitchednflcheapjerseys.... . 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Unlike Chandler and Smith, Lawson will be able to cut short his overseas adventure should the lockout end in time for there to be an NBA season. The NBA owners and players are divided over a salary cap structure and have made no significant progress in talks to end the lockout. No more meetings are scheduled. Even if the issues are resolved in time for there to be a 2011-12 NBA season, Chandler and Smith wont be able to return to play in the NBA until the end of the Chinese season, which runs through March. "J.R. really wants to play basketball this season," agent Leon Rose told The Associated Press on Wednesday. So, Smith signed a one-year deal with a squad in Zhejiang, the same province Chandler is heading to but not the same team. "His decision to accept the deal was based on the uncertainty of the NBA labour negotiations, a significant offer from the club and the unique opportunity to play the game he loves in another country that loves its basketball," Rose wrote in an email. "J.R. is looking forward to the challenge." Both of them are betting the lockout lasts a while, and theyd rather play in the Chinese Basketball Association than in pickup games at the gym while waiting for the NBA to get going again. Now that the door is open — and an NBA season seems ever more uncertain with talks going nowhere this week — there may be a steady stream of players, possibly even some big names, following the likes of Chandler and Smith overseas. "The entire league is going to go through quite an adjustment with all of these players, whether theyre going to Asia or Europe or whether theyre staying in the States to play pickup or work out," said Chandlers agent, Chris Luchey. "Its an unfortunate adjustmentt. [url=http://www.wholesalejerseychinastore.com/nike-nfl-jerseys-china_arizona-car... Arizona Cardinals Jerseys[/url]. But whats the best way to take advantage of this unfortunate situation?" Luchey said Chandler, 24, needs China more than established stars do. "I understand some of your super-elite guys like Carmelo and LeBron making decisions to kind of just play pickup. Theyre further along in their careers, their games are fully established. Their place in history has been established," Luchey said. "Wilsons game is developing, his best basketball is ahead of him and so he improves with play. For him, having more of a rigorous schedule in China, playing three games a week, seems more realistic. Thats what he was looking for." And by being the first one to bolt, Chandler had his pick of teams. Last month, Chandler, a restricted free agent, signed with Zhejiang Guangsha to play for former NBA coach Jim Cleamons. "Wilsons playing for the only NBA coach thats over there," Luchey said. "Hes going to a beautiful city, a tourist city, playing on a good team. He basically had all the options to pick and choose the best scenario, best situation for him — be the trendsetter." Smith, 26, explained the reasons for his decision to leave on his Twitter account and said that he intends to play in the NBA again. "How many chance have you had to do what you love an ppl in another country can appreciate it...," Smith wrote. Smith will be teammates with former University of Connecticut standout Josh Boone. Chandler, who leaves for China on Thursday, wished Smith well on Twitter, saying in a tweet: "Congrats to my brody." The exodus of Nuggets players to China might not end with Chandler and Smith, either. Kenyon Martin also is reportedly considering playing in Asia, too. Smith averaged 12.3 points and 2.2 assists as the Nuggets sixth man last season. Hes long been a fan favourite for his three-point shooting and his electric dunks. But he sometimes draws the ire of coach George Karl for his befuddling shot selection. ' ' '
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