Mats Sundin Joins The Vancouver Canucks

The last time I posted about hockey, we were right in the middle of the Sundin sweepstakes. Vancouver was the leading team back then as well – at least in terms of cold, hard cash – yet as the current season rapidly approached with no decisions made, it felt like the drama surrounding the guy had finally screeched to a halt. This lead me to the conclusion that Sundin would soon retire rather than hitch his trailer to another wagon, an assessment which was thrown out the window earlier this afternoon.

This is kind of a strange place for long-time followers of the Canucks. With only a handful of blockbuster trades and signings in our nearly 40-year history, which includes positive-yet-ineffective additions like Alexander Mogilny and outright disasters such as Mark Messier, to suddenly find ourselves winning a major contract race after six months of silence leaves me excited, but also strongly cautious. With any luck, this might only last as long as Roberto Luongo’s groin injury. Can anyone remember the last time the Canucks were this solid on both ends of the ice?

Former Leafs captain Mats Sundin probably won’t hit the ice as a Canuck until sometime after Christmas and only time will tell how his presence will affect the club’s fortunes. Still, it’s nice to have questions like these floating up in the air again.

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