faceoff.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
sports.yahoo.com - 12/19/2008
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sports.yahoo.com —
Somewhere in the rambling mess of 564 comments
on our Mats Sundin prediction contest post is the...
big winner. According to Puck Daddy reader Derek J, a commenter named "Michael P" predicted "he'll sign for Vancouver on Dec 18 @ 3:04pm ...
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Winners and losers in the Mats Sundin Derby
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Empty Netter Assists - Western Conference - 12-19-08
Empty Netters —
... from officials. Tampa Bay forward Jeff
Halpern made his season debut and scored a goal. He has not played
since suffering a serious knee in jury in the IIHF World Championships
in the spring. Lightning forward and former Penguin Ryan Malone played
his first game after missing five due to an "upper-body" injury.
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-Sundin took less money to join Vancouver.
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Winners and losers in the Mats Sundin Derby
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... for being so public in his desire to sign Sundin, along with other negative baggage carried over from Dave Nonis's dismissal. For the moment, the impact of this move quells that criticism, along with the fact that the Canucks still have some financial wiggle room under the cap. ...
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Sundin chooses Vancouver
fromtherink.com 12/19/2008 — Well, I'm surprised. The Rangers must not have been able to clear enough payroll to make this happen:
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fromtherink.com 12/19/2008 —
The most concise thing I can say about Mats Sundin joining the Canucks? Vancouver instantly goes from a team that didn't have a chance to one with a very small sliver of one.
A lot will have to go right for the Canucks to get to the Western ...
Sundin agrees to deal with Canucks
tsn.ca 12/18/2008 — After six long months, the Mats Sundin saga is finally over as the unrestricted free agent has agreed to a contract with the Vancouver Canucks."I am truly excited to be joining the Canucks," said Sundin in a team statement. "Once I made the decision ...
