FTB: When is a Swede not a turnip?

Where else was he going to sign? Is there another team with a shot at the playoffs that has cap space?

Its a one year deal for 10 mil, He gets paid the 10 mil

And its the cap that counts as the pro-rated smaller part.

Totally agree with PPP’s post. It’s not about the money in that Mats didn’t sign the huge contracts that were offered earlier this year, but it is about the money in that he didn’t significantly discount his services to land with a cup favourite.

As for the money itself, there doesn’t seem to be a hard number out there for his salary, but as it’s a one-year deal his salary will be his cap hit (they can’t pay him $10M and only get saddled with $5M on their cap).

The Vancouver press has Mats signing a deal worth $9M that translates into a pay day between $5 and $6M for his half-season.

NHLSCAP puts the cap hit at a $7M, TSN says it will be between $5 and $6M and NHL Numbers (usually the best source IMHO) doesn’t even have Mats on the Canucks yet.

wearing my Leafs shirt with Sundin on the back.

Last night was quite the night of self revelation. I realized that to me, Sundin has epitomized the Leafs, and now I can’t deal with him being on another team and in my face every day. And then I realized that now that he’s gone and I will try to let go, Tomas Kaberle is my favourite leaf and I will soon have to let him go too. DAMMIT!

But I do hope that Sundin wins the cup here. I can handle the taunts of Canucks fans if he succeeds – then I will know that the only way they got their championship was with the heart and soul of the Leafs.

But if he blows it, everyone will rag on him for being a leaf, and claim that he was overrated simply because he played in Toronto. And I will go mad.

but if Sundin went to NY he would have had to take a massive pay cut and wouldn’t be overpaid, he wouldn’t fit in at all

The Rangers D is not very good actually. Lundqvist makes them look alot better than they really are. I mean, Wade Redden is the anchor.

But I’d take the Sedins next. And I’d be tempted to put Ryan Kesler just after Zherdev – I assume Wellwood’s only on your list because he’s been a topic of conversation. He’ll do well to stay out of the minors.

On the other side, I think Gomez is overrated (although I may be the only one), Naslund is just about done and while Zherdev’s been great, who would be surprised if he went back into the tank?

More importantly, I’d take Ohlund, Bieksa, Mitchell and Salo over Redden, Roszival, Mara and Girardi. I’d have taken the Rangers first at the start of the season (in fact, I did, choosing Lundqvist over Luongo in my pool) but the hot start by the Canucks has me thinking it’s at least a tough call. They’ll need some real injury luck, but if they get it they might be a contender.

I’ll be happy when I hear “Toronto Maple Leafs are the world champions” live.

Because quite possibility the most skilled Leaf ever just signed somewhere else, and were I living in the GTA I imagine my head would explode from what must be a complete saturation of physical and virtual space in the form of Mats Sundin.

I want nothing more than for this to be over. I woke up today with one less Leafs jersey to wear. My Sundin jersey has an embargo on it until further notice…

I wish I still felt like shaking my rump. I’m gonna curl up in a corner…

“Loyalty. Don’t make us laugh.” line.

Whatever. He was an amazing player as a Leaf. Now he’s not. Yesterday I was elated, today I’m not. He can change his mind, so can I…