I ‘hope and believe’ that Ken Holland won’t touch Mats Sundin with a 10 foot pole unless he signs for a million bucks.

Posted by HockeyinHD on 05/30/09 at 12:14 PM ET

“I ‘hope and believe’ that Ken Holland won’t touch Mats Sundin with a 10 foot pole unless he signs for a million bucks.”

Ha!. Only in hockey do we say things like “signs for a million bucks” and consider that lowballing the guy.

Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 05/30/09 at 12:29 PM ET

What a tool this guy is. I’m so tired of these “rent a players” who think they deserve a Cup just by picking the right team.

Posted by SMV on 05/30/09 at 02:18 PM ET

This is the Ray Bourque syndrome. A player has a great career without a Stanley Cup,he knows the media will always bring up the “but he never won a Stanley Cup” when talking about him. So they play the last few years going from one top team to another. To me it’s kind of phony. The trophy is more than just the skate around the arena after the deciding game. It’s the whole journey as a team. Like the Red Wings of today, or the Oiler’s and Islanders of the 80’s. Now I know in todays game the smart teams supplement their rosters with free-agents now and then, but some of these players act as if the conquered the devil when all they did is hitch their wagon to a great team. Not all Stanley Cup Rings are created equal. And Ray Bourque has stated he was going to retire his last season no matter what heppened in the final series. For some reason I just don’t beleive him. They should just go to a jeweler and have a ring made it won’t mean much less. I hope the Red Wings say no way to “Dundin”

Posted by Lindas1st on 05/30/09 at 05:22 PM ET

It is a Ray Bourque syndrome for sure. All honor is dead.
But trust me, Mats is not positioning himself to play for the Wings. He is cheering for a team that has a buttload of Swedes on it is all. Salming is routing for the Wings too.

But if Sundin signed it Detroit and won the Cup next year (a huge “if") I would cry tears of joy for the guy.

Posted by Zanstorm from Smithers on 05/30/09 at 06:59 PM ET

Ha!. Only in hockey do we say things like “signs for a million bucks” and consider that lowballing the guy.

Or talk about Hossa “settling” for “only” $7.45 million for the year.

I’d settle for that for a year and never ask for another contract or anything - but I’m crappy at hockey, so no luck for me.  (sigh)

Doesn’t surprise me, either.  Most of the Swedish national team is playing for Detroit right now.

Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 05/31/09 at 06:57 AM ET