Mats Sundin
Mats Sundin
Mats Johan Sundinis a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who played the majority of his career in the National Hockey League, retiring in 2009. Originally drafted first overall in 1989, Sundin played his first four seasons in the NHL with the Quebec Nordiques. He was then traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1994, where he played the majority of his career, serving 11 seasons as team captain. At the end of the 2007–08 season, Sundin had been the...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth13 February 1971
CityStockholm, Sweden
CountryCanada
We're not generating enough chances to score goals but I couldn't tell you why.
We're doing the small things well and we're getting better every time out. I thought we played two good games this weekend and came away with three points.
Our (penalty kill) came through at the end. It looked like Pittsburgh had enough chances to get the game-winner with a few minutes left. It was a tough game. We battled hard. It was a good two points for us.
Almost all five goals we had the puck and misplayed. I thought we beat ourselves tonight.
There's bigger issues right now. That other stuff hasn't crossed my mind.
Absolutely. If NHLers are eligible and I was selected to go, I'd love to represent Sweden again this winter (in Turin, Italy),
That shot is going into the history books and it's fitting he scored it because he's probably been our best player through the whole tournament.
You're probably going to have one bad game like that in any tournament, and hopefully we got it out of the way.
You never know in a tournament like this. The margin is so close.
There's a bigger area from which to attack, ... I was one of the proponents of this kind of hockey several years ago. We built our early team in Toronto around that. But it became clear (the league) didn't want style and speed, they wanted people who could knock heads off.
They play the trap as well as anyone. When they have the lead, they don't lose.
As a team, we are scoring some goals but we still have a lot of work to do. If we want to compete with Ottawa and the other top teams in our conference, we have to do better in our own end.
As a team we are scoring some goals, but there's still a lot of work to do,
The break can be good for us, a chance to recharge mentally and physically. We have a challenge in front of us when we get back, there's a lot of games, so we'll see what happens.