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Forget Sundin
by Paul on 08/01/08 at 07:17 AM ET
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from Adrian Dater at All Things Avs,
I don’t think you’ll see Mats come back to the organization that drafted him and he began his career with (yes, he is a former Nordique, a former teammate of Joe Sakic’s even)....
There’s no way the Avs are going to match that $10 million offer of Vancouver’s, if it came to that, even if Sakic retired. First off, $10 million is about all the Avs have under the salary cap right now, without having Sakic back. They’re not going to blow it all on a 39-year-old center whose best days are well behind him (and, yes, I’m talking about Sundin here, not Sakic!).
added 7:40am, from Paul Hunter of the Toronto Star,
While Sundin has remained mum on his future, observers in Sweden say his actions speak loudly.
For about the past 15 years, Sundin has been the organizer of informal summer skates among NHL players based in Sweden. Those workouts are set to begin Aug. 11 at the Globen Arena.
Normally, this is when Sundin would be working the phones, making sure his countrymen know about the available ice. This summer, however, that task has fallen to someone else and Sundin, though he is in Stockholm, isn’t expected to attend.
“He’s not working out. It doesn’t seem like he plans to, he’s just golfing,” said one source.
Barry said the retirement possibility is “why this whole consideration is taking so long.”
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Only according to official records, Karina.
And it’s not fair to say Sundin’s best years are well behind him. That was true fifteen years ago, after his career best 47 goals and 114 points. Doesn’t change the fact that he’s been a super-humanly consistent point-a-gamer every single season since then, without ever playing fewer than 70 games in a season.
He’s the gold standard in free agent pickups, even at age 39/7, because you’re pretty dang close to sure you know what you’re getting.
Posted by Ryan from Toronto on 08/01/08 at 02:21 PM ET
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Isn’t Sundin 37, not 39?
Posted by Karina on 08/01/08 at 10:53 AM ET