If there was a few people mad at him, they are lower than scum, Mats deserved a cup, the team failed hard at getting him the help he needed. Tbh I wish he kept going until he got one, I was cheering him and the Canucks on, he gave everything to Toronto and then some.
To put it in perspective how good he was, in his first 53 playoff games he had 25 goals with guys like Berezin, Hoglund, Roberts. Meanwhile Matthews has all the talent in the world and in his first 55 playoff games he has 23 goals.
Mats is a God in Toronto (as one of our current players can attest to).
That's what playing in Toronto does to you. Where is that Phaneuf headshot timeline when you need it?Sundin - very good player of course, but there was always something "off" about his demeanor... he had a gloomy, almost depressed vibe on the ice, and it was hard to imagine him ever pulling off Conn Smythe-worthy heroics to drag his team to the finals.
considering how much he would have been paid and the salary cap of that year, wouldn't the team with him from the beginning versus the small cap hit of the half season at a much lower pay (half the cap hit I suppose) need to be different ?
Vancouver fans always go on about Sundin in Van like he was the Second Coming or something, but... er, was he? If you project his stats to a full season (he played exactly 50% of a season there), it's 56 points and -10. So, this doesn't really suggest anything special