Join us this summer as we count down the top 50 Vancouver Canucks players of all time! #35: Dan Hamhuis Sometimes, it’s just nice to be chosen. After years of dreaming about BC-born stars like Joe Sakic and Paul Kariya coming home, many fans of the Vancouver Canucks set their sights on one of the top UFAs on the 2010 offseason market – Dan Hamhuis of Smithers, British Columbia. Unfortunately, the team that drafted and developed Hamhuis into a top NHL defender had other ideas. They flipped Hamhuis’ free agent rights to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Ryan Parent. But Hamhuis wouldn’t sign with the Flyers. So, a week later, the Flyers flipped his rights, again, to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for a third-round pick. But Hamhuis would not sign with the Penguins, either. As much as the Canucks had their sights set on Hamhuis, he had his sights set on them. A week after the Pittsburgh trade, Hamhuis became a free agent proper and promptly signed with the Canucks for six years and $27 million. That
