I trust everyone was finally able to sleep last night, now that they know where Mats Sundin is headed this season. Sundin signed a one year deal with the Canucks yesterday after missing the first two and a half months of the season trying to decide whether $10 million a year was better than $5 million a year.
Of course he is being hailed as the saviour in Vancouver, the missing piece needed to complete the the Canucks' 39-year march towards their first Stanley Cup. But consider this: Sundin has been in the NHL for 17 seasons, and in that time he has played 83 playoff games. That's about five games per season on average. In those 17 years, his teams have missed the playoffs eight times and gone out in the first round four times. He has gotten out of the first round just five times. Ever. And four of those five times he failed to play past the second round.
I think he's going to fit in just fine in Vancouver.
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