Comments on: The Mats Sundin Watch. He Deserve One? Maybe. http://www.puckhogblog.com/2008/07/16/the-mats-sundin-watch/ The PuckBogBlog features NHL rants, news and more. Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:55:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Karthi http://www.puckhogblog.com/2008/07/16/the-mats-sundin-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Karthi Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:34:29 +0000 http://www.puckhogblog.com/?p=66#comment-46 Agree with the 4 million assessment. Derek Roy of the Buffalo Sabres makes about 4 million and put up slightly better numbers, playing nearly every game. There's no guarantee Sundin would make it through, say, 80% of an NHL season, especially in the West with the addtional strain of travel put on players. Vancouver is so desperate for offense, they're willing to exhume Bobby Orr, if they have to and pay his bones 13 million a year. Irony, is that the New York Rangers, the model of overspending, and underperforming, hasn't made a pitch to Sundin, yet. And they need offense way more than Vancouver does, if they want to get out of the offensively strong East to the finals. Agree with the 4 million assessment. Derek Roy of the Buffalo Sabres makes about 4 million and put up slightly better numbers, playing nearly every game. There’s no guarantee Sundin would make it through, say, 80% of an NHL season, especially in the West with the addtional strain of travel put on players.

Vancouver is so desperate for offense, they’re willing to exhume Bobby Orr, if they have to and pay his bones 13 million a year.

Irony, is that the New York Rangers, the model of overspending, and underperforming, hasn’t made a pitch to Sundin, yet. And they need offense way more than Vancouver does, if they want to get out of the offensively strong East to the finals.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.puckhogblog.com/2008/07/16/the-mats-sundin-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Patrick Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:51:25 +0000 http://www.puckhogblog.com/?p=66#comment-41 I'm confident in saying any deal he ends up signing will include a no-trade clause. Sundin is very much a 'rhythm' player. As everything around you stays constant, you can continue to produce. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough in Toronto last season. I think the biggest thing to note here is he can still make players around him better. If he can still do that, produce a point-per-game average at age 36/37...sign him up. In all honesty, he'd be a great fit for the Canucks, I'm just not sure its a great fit for Mats. Is Mats or Henrik Sedin the #1 Center? Ryan Kesler is a natural center, but has played wing off and on for a while, where does he fit in all of this? Other than returning to Toronto, I don't see Mats going anywhere else (L.A. perhaps, because they can afford to throw money at him like Vancouver). I’m confident in saying any deal he ends up signing will include a no-trade clause. Sundin is very much a ‘rhythm’ player. As everything around you stays constant, you can continue to produce. Unfortunately, that wasn’t enough in Toronto last season.

I think the biggest thing to note here is he can still make players around him better. If he can still do that, produce a point-per-game average at age 36/37…sign him up. In all honesty, he’d be a great fit for the Canucks, I’m just not sure its a great fit for Mats. Is Mats or Henrik Sedin the #1 Center? Ryan Kesler is a natural center, but has played wing off and on for a while, where does he fit in all of this?

Other than returning to Toronto, I don’t see Mats going anywhere else (L.A. perhaps, because they can afford to throw money at him like Vancouver).

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