How Vancouver Canucks Milestones is played

Every card in this deck carries a hidden value on the same scale — release years and dates — and the run is one long sorting problem. The first card is dealt face up. Each card after it goes into the gap where you think it belongs, and the value only shows once it lands. Get it wrong three times and the run ends with whatever you had placed.

This deck can also be shuffled together with any other deck measured in release years and dates — tick several on the deck tree to build one longer timeline out of them.

What's in the deck

25 of the 25 cards you could be dealt. The values stay hidden until you place them.

Joined the NHL as an expansion team Entered the league alongside Buffalo
Won the division for the first time Claimed a first division title and first playoff berth
Reached first Stanley Cup Final Rode Towel Power before losing to the Islanders
Drafted Trevor Linden Selected the future captain second overall
Drafted Pavel Bure Took the Russian Rocket in a late round
Retired Stan Smyl's number 12 Honored Steamer with the franchise's first retired number
Bure won the Calder Trophy The rookie winger earned top-newcomer honors
Lost Game 7 of the Cup Final to the Rangers Fell to the Rangers in a seven-game series
Opened General Motors Place Moved into a new downtown arena
Signed Mark Messier Added the veteran captain in free agency
Drafted the Sedin twins Selected Daniel and Henrik with back-to-back top picks
Named Markus Naslund captain Gave the Swedish winger the captaincy
Naslund had a 104-point season The captain finished second in league scoring
Acquired Roberto Luongo Traded for the star goaltender
Won the Northwest Division Captured a division title behind Luongo
Retired Trevor Linden's number 16 Raised the beloved captain's banner
Henrik Sedin won MVP and scoring title Claimed the Hart and Art Ross in one season
Lost Game 7 of the Cup Final to Boston Won the Presidents' Trophy but fell to Boston
Won a second straight Presidents' Trophy Finished with the league's best record again
Retired Pavel Bure's number 10 Honored the Russian Rocket in a ceremony
Hired Trevor Linden as president Brought the former captain back to run hockey operations
Drafted Elias Pettersson Selected the Swedish center fifth overall
Drafted Quinn Hughes Took the puck-moving defenseman seventh overall
Retired the Sedin twins' numbers Raised 22 and 33 to the rafters together
Won the Pacific Division Topped the division and returned to the playoffs