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The Missing Piece: Mats Sundin
We lobbied hard for him in the summer and on this early December day, it’s time to sound the tower bells again. Go for it, Messrs Sather and Barnett. Make it happen. Sign Mats Sundin. In the last two weeks, it's become even more clear that the Rangers need a ...
Puck Headlines: Pleading for the Rangers to sign Sundin
Puck Headlines: Pleading for the Rangers to sign Sundin
sports.yahoo.com — Here are your Morning Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest... blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • New York Rangers writer Steve Zipay of Newsday makes a ... (more) Puck Headlines: Pleading for the Rangers to sign Sundin
Go West, Mats
nvsportsandthecity.blogspot.com — Like the Pet Shop Boys said, life is peaceful there. Peaceful, as in, across the country from... the Toronto media, and a few bitter Maple Leafs fans. As Sundin's Secretary of Defence, I've got to weigh in once more on everyone's favourite former captain. (more) Go West, Mats
A Sundin decision's coming...at last
vancouversun.com — Times were better back in July when Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis drove a forklift to... the negotiating table on Canada Day and dropped $20 million US in front of Mats Sundin. (more) A Sundin decision's coming...at last
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Links: Sundin, Gomez Shooting, Wake-Up Call & Negligence
The New York Rangers Blog — Steve Zipay at Blue Notes thinks that Mats Sundin is the missing piece for the Rangers. Sam Weinman at The Rangers Report notes that Scott Gomez is shooting more this year. Stan Fischler at MSG.com says the Penguins should be a wake-up call for the Rangers. Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Moscow regional prosecutors have said an ice arena manager and a hockey club director were negligent in the death of Ranger prospect star Alexei Cherepanov.

A Plea For Sundin
KK Hockey — ... Thrashers, Lightning, Senators. The Sabres and Flyers will battle for eighth. If you penciled in Nigel Dawes and Ryan Callahan for 30 to 40 goals between them, well…and Henrik Lundqvist---while on track for a Vezina---cannot be expected to carry this current roster past the first round of the playoffs. Sundin, who is working out in California, was paid $5.5 million by the Maple Leafs last season, $2.1 million less than he made in 2006-07. read on

Go get Mats Sundin
New York Rangers Fan Blog — Steve Zipay has figured out the answer to the Rangers' offensive woes : Mats Sundin. Given the team's struggles, this move makes a lot more sense now than it may have at the beginning of the season. Zipay writes: At the 35-to-40-game mark, the price may finally be right for Sundin and the Rangers: Between $2.5 million and $3 million for the rest of the season. That's doable: shed Petr Prucha, Pat Rissmiller, Dan Fritsche or---fill in the spare forward here---for picks. Let's face facts: Sundin has size, would undoubtedly improve the decidedly subpar power play and, although a ...

Puck Headlines: Pleading for the Rangers to sign Sundin
Puck Daddy — ... . "Let's face facts: Sundin has size, would undoubtedly improve the decidedly subpar power play and, although a former captain, wouldn't disrupt the locker room leadership." [Blue Notes] ...

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