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Mats Sundin inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame

by on June 26, 2012 in Leafs News - 471 Comments

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Photo: Reuters/Fred Thornhill

The franchise’s all-time goals and points leader is a first ballot Hall of Fame inductee. Congrats Mats.

A model of consistency and clutch play for his 13 seasons in a Leaf jersey (11 spent as Captain) – breaking the major franchise records along the way – Sundin’s importance was also substantial in the European hockey community as the first ever European to be drafted first overall. At the time of his retirement, he was the longest serving non-North American captain in NHL history. He was the first Swede to join the 500-goal and 1000-point clubs and captained his national team to an Olympic gold medal in 2006.

For some Mats tributes, be sure to check out MLHS’ “Memories of Mats” series posted in the buildup to Sundin’s banner raising ceremony in February.

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  • Armchair GM

    JVR can shoot the puck 100 mph+, was a second overall pick, and has been described as a potential superstar… A Habs fan at work today said the trade could be a steal for us…

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  • http://www.talkleafs.com/ Jordan

    Girodano no?

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  • Black_Hawk

    I thought fraser was good for the marlies

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  • rustynail

    I thought Bow and his contract was why they moved Dion. Pass on a deal for Beumester

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  • http://www.talkleafs.com/ Jordan

    ok i wasnt sure thanks

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  • http://www.hockey-nerd.com Cameron

    Most likely.

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  • leafmealone

    I’ll just say it takes a lot to make Sharon Osborne or Howard Stern not look like the biggest idiots on a TV show.

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  • rustynail

    Yup we dd the earlier tweets that he wasn;t were the error

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  • Black_Hawk

    That would be a nice second line but what would Doans cap hit be?

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  • http://www.talkleafs.com/ Jordan

    Well I wouldnt mind trading salary with it like Cameron said.
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    Bouwmeester
    FOR
    Komisarek+2nd
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    Phaneuf-Boumeester
    Liles-Gardiner
    Franson-Gunnarsson

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  • leafmealone

    Think Burke wants Ott. Rumour was he was getting shopped at the deadline, but they kept him to try and make the playoffs. Now it appears he might be available again. Personally I would love to replace Connolly with Ott on our 3rd line.

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  • rustynail

    Apparently he is looking for a 4 year deal

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  • http://www.hockey-nerd.com Cameron
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  • http://www.talkleafs.com/ Jordan

    Ya but the price was high. I think Bozak would be going the other way. Maybe Bozak+Connolly

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  • leafmealone

    I wouldn’t take one 16 game sample and extrapolate it out to how he would have fared over the whole season. If that were a viable metric than Kessel would have been the runaway Hart trophy winner after the first 16 games of the season.

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  • Shakey

    Are we out of the running for Justin Schultz now?

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  • Black_Hawk

    I would do that and hopfully CAL takes it b/c They need a center to replace Jokenin and lomo is a UFA anyways

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  • http://www.hockey-nerd.com Cameron
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  • rustynail

    no

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  • http://www.hockey-nerd.com Cameron

    No.

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  • Mislav Jantoljak

    That’s where we hit a snag. We could get him, but probably scrap any plans to upgrade at C, if you’re thinking an upgrade in goal (I am). $4,550,000 was his cap hit with the Coyotes so you do the math.

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