The 2011 Stanley Cup Finalwill live long in the memory of Vancouverites, for all the wrong reasons. But the Canucks' playoff run that year did have some highlights, although they'reovershadowed by thedisappointingFinal lo s.

AlexEdler was a part of that team that came painfully close to lifting the Stanley Cup. With the hockey world still , the veteran defenseman has been Darren Hall Jerseys reliving some of the happier moments from the team's 2011 postseason including the Canucks' first-round series against the Blackhawks.

"Actually, this was a couple of weeks ago, I watched Game 7of that series," he told reporters in a video call Wednesday."I've seen a little bit, but not much. It was kind of interesting to see that game. You know, you have all the memories from it then. There werea lot of things that I didn't remember but then I saw it kind of came back, so it was pretty cool to watch it again."

After surging to a 3-0 lead in theseries, the Atlanta Falcons Pet Gear Canucks lost three straight to force a decisive game. It took more than 65 minutes of hockey, but Alex Burrows finally scored an overtime goal to send Vancouver into the second round.

One reporter asked Edler if he remembered teammate Kevin Bieksa "losing his mind" during the first intermi sion in Game 5.

"Not really," he responded. "He did that all the time, so, no."

Even after rewatching Game 7, the Swede has no idea how his team let Chicago back into the series.

"I'm not sure," he said."We obviouslywere seeded No. 1 (in the West) and they kind of snuckin atNo. 8, but Avery Williams Jerseys you knew what they haddone the previous years, especially against us.I think we were ready for it and we went up three-nothing.I don't know if we maybe thought, 'We're gonna win this' ... The fourth win,that's the hardest one, andthey kind of came back and showed how good they are."

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As for this season, Edler, now a 34-year-old elder statesman, has been happy with how he has played.

"I think I've had a good season so far," he said. "I Tony Gonzalez Jerseys had that injury an , which seems to always happen at some point. But I think I played pretty good hockey. Early on, I played a lot, and then my ice timewent down a little bit, but not too much."

That drop in playing time is the result of severalyoungdefensemen entering the lineup and performing well. Despite seeing the ice le s than usual, Edler is pleased with the team's improvements on the blue line.

"I think that has to do with ourD corps," he said. "It's been better than in previous years, with Tyler Myerscoming inand Erik Harris Jerseys then obviously Quinn Hughes coming in. So I think it's been a better balance there, and we've been more succe sful as a team. I think it Colby Gossett Jerseys 's been it's been a good year so far."

Even with the , Edler is focusing more on the crisis at hand than any potential return to hockey.

"As much as I want to be back and toplay and to fight for a playoff spot and be in the playoffs, right now we're just trying toget through this time," he said. "If we can start to open things up, and thenplayers can get back to the facility and train, that'd be great. But there aremore important things right now that I think everyone's thinking about."