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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 2574288" data-attributes="member: 2012">Free agent signing Anson Carter next Canuck to play on line with Sedin twinsSportsnet.caSeptember 13 @ 18:04, EST VANCOUVER (CP) - Now it's Anson Carter's turn.The winger, signed as a free agent in August, is the latest player the Vancouver Canucks will try to partner with Swedish twins Henrik and Daniel Sedin on the NHL team's second line. In their four years with Vancouver the red-haired twins have had a revolving door of linemates.Trent Klatt, Magnus Arvedson and Jason King all enjoyed some success with the twins. Trevor Linden has served some spot duty while Todd Bertuzzi sometimes double-shifts between the Canucks top line and the Sedin's second unit."Hopefully this one will be good," said Daniel Sedin, the winger who is the trigger man for centre Henrik's passes.Carter, who bounced like a ping-pong ball between three teams during the 2003-04 season, said training camp will help the unit find its pace."I think it will take them a little while to get a feel for what I can do and for me what they do," said the 31-year-old Toronto native."I don't think I can come in here and do anything differently. I don't want them to play their games differently either. We just have to complement each other and hopefully come together and mesh as a line."Coach Marc Crawford hopes Carter will add speed, intelligence and some consistency for the Sedins, whose strength is cycling the puck down low."They really haven't had a consistent winger during their career here," Crawford said after Tuesday's scrimmage."We wanted to give them someone who could finish. Anson has been able to finish in the past and we're quite hopeful he can do it again. Playing with Daniel and Henrik, they are so clever, you're going to find the puck on your stick a few times when you don't expect it."Carter comes to Vancouver with something to prove.He had 20 or more goals in four of the five previous seasons, before scoring just 15 times in 77 games in 2003-04. He split that season between the New York Rangers, Washington Capitals and Los Angeles Kings."Last year was tough," said Carter, who scored the overtime goal in Canada's gold-medal victory over Sweden at the 2003 world championships."We got off to a rough start in New York where I wasn't playing too much. Going to Washington I was having fun playing hockey again but got hurt. I got traded to L.A. and everything was a downward spiral."Carter underwent abdominal surgery to repair a sports hernia before the 2004-05 season was cancelled by the NHL labour dispute. He was released by the Kings earlier this year.Carter thinks the year off helped him recover from the surgery.The knock against Carter is he can score plenty of goals but not necessarily when the team needs them the most. His toughness off the wing has also been questioned, especially in a division where he'll face defencemen like Chris Pronger in Edmonton and Robyn Regehr in Calgary.The Sedins, the second and third overall picks in the 1999 draft, have received their fair share of abuse from the Vancouver fans.Hailed as the league's next superstars when drafted by former general manager Brian Burke, the 24-year-old brothers from Ornskoldsvik have been average at best. They often receive the wrath of the Vancouver fans and have been labelled "the Sedin sisters" by many callers to sports radio phone-in programs.For the Sedins to be successful they need a grinder like Klatt to dig the puck out of the corner for them. It remains to be seen of Carter can fill that role."We'll see what happens," said Daniel, who became a father for the first time this summer."We played against him and we know he's a great player, a hard working guy with lots of skill. It will be fun."</blockquote>

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