Growing Up in Vancouver: Alex Edler Shares Stories of His Growth in his 15 Years with Canucks | Vancouver Canucks

When Alex Edler arrived in Vancouver, he was a youngster in the fast lane who just wanted to play hockey and focus on doing his job every night.
Now, Alex Edler has returned to Vancouver to sign a one-day contract and retire as a Canuck. He looks back on his time in Vancouver with so much love for the city and fan base and credits the leaders he had when he was young for helping him realize what his relationship with Vancouver meant.
“I could take a step back and see the bigger picture,” said Edler about what it meant to grow into adulthood in Vancouver. “I had such good leaders like Markus Naslund, Daniel and Henrik Sedin, Trevor Linden and Mattias Ohlund. Just being able to have them there and just hang around them and learn from them was huge for me. And then, as I got older, I met my future wife here and we had two kids.”
There used to be an excitement level for going home to Sweden after a Canucks season, but Edler grew to love his time in the city of Vancouver, and…