As we continue to go throw the summer, each day goes by without knowing which team Mats Sundin will sign for. He continues to say that he is not sure he will even play, which is crazy to think he’s even considering that after the season he just had. I think Sundin is using this idea that he’s not sure he wants to play, just to buy him more time on who to sign with. There are 3 teams that he could go to, those teams being Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. Let’s imagine what each decision would entail for Mats.
Mats Signs for 2 years/ 20 million dollars with the Canucks.
If Mats signs with Vancouver it is purely for financial gain. In my opinion the Canucks suck, and the only reason there better than a team like the leafs is because of Roberto Luongo. I don’t see them, even with adding Mats to the team, being able to compete for more than a playoff spot. I think Mats knows this. In many circumstances you can’t blame a guy for going for top dollar. But in this circumstance, Mats has made a boatload of cash in his career, and if he does indeed go to Vancouver, I think he looks like a hypocrite to Toronto fans. If you want to win a cup, go to a contender.
Mats Signs for 2 years/14 million dollars with the Montreal Canadians.
Now everybody has their own opinion as Leaf fans on this decision. And thankfully this is my blog so I can give mine. If Mats Sundin goes to our biggest rival (in history) than all his accomplishments with Toronto will be forgotten. Call me traditional but I think when you play for a Team like the Leafs, with the rivalry it has with Montreal, you cannot cross over. This is a guy who’s spent almost his whole career with Toronto. It’s worse than what Jonny Damon did when he went to the Yankees from the Red Sox. I hope all Toronto fans join me in there HATE for Mats Sundin if he signs with Montreal. Even with him going to Montreal, I see their chances of Winning the cup better than Vancouver, but I still don’t see them as a real threat. Another reason to dislike Mats if he were to go to Montreal is the fact that we had a trade lined up for him at the deadline. One that would have given the team that has signed his checks for the past 14 odd years something in return for him. He decided in not pursuing that, and in my opinion he left himself open to loads of criticism and dislike from Toronto fans if he did sign now because of that.
Mats signs a 2 year/14-15 million dollar contract with the Leafs.
The longer Mats waits, the better the chances the leafs have at signing him I think. His heart is still in Toronto, he still loves it here, or so he says. I don’t really care much for Mats re-signing, yes it will show his loyalty, which I admire, but at the same time we suck, and by having him we won’t suck enough to continue to build through high draft picks. In my opinion Mats says he wanted a cup well if he wanted one so badly, he could have signed with the Red Wings before Hossa did and he didn’t. He now has 3 offers which none of the 3 offer him a good chance at winning the cup. He painted himself in this corner by taking his sweet time to decide where he wanted to play and because of this I find all 3 of his choices are flawed. Flawed for reasons, not flawed financially.
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