vancouversun.com - 12/19/2008
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For months, it seemed Mats Sundin was thinking only of himself. Turns out he was thinking about the Vancouver Canucks, too. After it looked to nearly everyone in the National Hockey League that the Canucks were getting played like a trout by Sundin, Vancouver landed its biggest fish in more than ...
sports.yahoo.com - 12/19/2008
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sports.yahoo.com —
Stuck in traffic headed to the Capitals game,
and whaddya know: Mats Sundin is a Vancouver Canuck....
One-year deal, pro-rated $10 million salary; the Vancouver Sun reports that the salary will "likely earn in the neighbourhood of $5.5 million ...
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Sundin picks Vancouver over NY, Canucks fans' heads explode
pensionplanpuppets.com - 12/19/2008
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pensionplanpuppets.com —
Well, it looks like it is official:
Mats Sundin is a Vancouver Canuck . Naturally, the above...
reaction will not be universal. I got the news after just after I got home when I checked my e-mail only to find an explosive press ...
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The Ghost Of You Lingers
nypost.com - 12/19/2008
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nypost.com —
IN the end, Mats Sundin made like Woodward
and Bernstein following Deep Throat's advice. He followed the...
money. The 37-year-old free agent center followed the money to Vancouver, accepting a pro-rated $10 million deal from the Canucks instead of...
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NO SHOCK, SUNDIN FOLLOWED THE MONEY
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Our Long North American Nightmare is Over
The Peerless Prognosticator —
... On the other hand, Vancouver was well under the salary cap (more than $7 million, according to the Vancouver Sun), so they could accommodate the pro-rated portion of Sundin’s salary without undue effects on the roster. And, the Canucks actually needed a center. Henrik Sedin has 28 points in 32 games, which isn’t terrible, but he has only four goals among those points, but no other center on the Vancouver roster has as many as 20 points. ...
NHL Morning Papers (Friday Edition): Rick Tocchet furious was officials, Wings put forth dominant performance and Brooks claims Sundin went for the money
IllegalCurve.com —
... in the line-up that it is tough to compete, as evidenced by last night’s loss to Washington. The Blues have now lost Eric Brewer for what might be the entire season. The Leafs goalies weren’t very good but neither was the team’s defense.
Apparently Mats Sundin will join the Canucks on December 28. Here are all the reactions to the Sundin signings. Mike Gillis is ecstatic to have the big Swede on board. Sundin actually accepted less than the $10 million he was offered.
Viktor Kozlov ...
The Morning Skate: Sundin's Signing - Was It Love or Money?
Slap Shot —
... D-first kind of guy, although the Canucks have been more offense-minded this season than in the past. The difference may have also come down, at least in part, to these factors. 1. The Canucks are paying Sundin almost twice as much as the Rangers offered — it comes down to roughly $5.5 million vs. $3 million for the balance of the season — and they could sign Mats yesterday, while the Rangers would have had to engineer some cap space through a trade that hadn’t materialized. In his Vancouver Sun story, Ian MacIntyre places the Canucks pre-Sundin payroll at $49.2 million and ...
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globesports.com 12/19/2008 — The puff of smoke has finally been seen; the decision has come and Mats Sundin is a member of the Vancouver Canucks. Sundin, the former Toronto Maple Leafs' captain, opted to join the Canucks Thursday afternoon, after narrowing his choice to two ...
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Mats Sundin signs with Vancouver Canucks
sports.espn.go.com 12/18/2008 — is a Vancouver Canuck. The 37-year-old free agent chose the Canadian club over the New York Rangers , agreeing to a deal for the rest of the season Thursday. "He's real happy to have made a decision," Sundin's agent J.P. Barry told ESPN.com Thursday ...
