Mats Sundin, Toronto Maple Leafs Nation Is Breaking Up with You

Dear Mats, First things first—thank you. Thank you for the memories.  Thank you for sharing your unequaled excitement every time you scored a goal. Thank you for being a role model to me when I was wee little Leafs fan, and for continuing to be a role model to all young Leafs fans. Thank you for your loyalty to a club that was hardly, if ever, loyal to you. Thank you for, in my opinion, being the greatest Toronto Maple Leaf—and Leafs captain—of all time. That being said, and in light of your most recent comments, I feel that it is finally time for us to part ways. Today you made it all but official that you don't plan to be back when you said, after being asked if you would make a decision before training camp starts: “The way it looks right now, probably not. I want to make sure that I'm ready to mentally and physically play. Where I am right now is that I'm not ready to make that decision.”  Mats, you said yourself that you believe that the ... (link)