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
I'm 35 and I realize I'm not at the start of my career anymore. It's frustrating to see us out of a playoff spot. I think we're all frustrated, we're all used to seeing us do better. But we still have a chance and we still have to battle.
I'm not surprised. I watched him play in the world championships last year, and all I hear from Detroit is how great he's been playing there. He's an excellent defenseman and what a game he had tonight, coming in first game like that.
At times, we kind of dipped (team conditioning) after Christmas, so this should help us as players so that we don't have to struggle with something like that in the future.
Today we played our best game so far, and if we can play like this, we'll have a good chance on Sunday.
Even though he hadn't scored in a while, he's been playing gritty and working hard.
We're part of a generation of players where there was a lot expected and we never delivered. This is very special.
I've been back and forth, traveling a lot, nothing too exciting. I played too much golf, I'm sick of that. . . . I missed playing hockey.
I've probably played better games this season and come out with no points. Don't get me wrong, I played a good game, but the puck followed me wherever I went. I wish I could say that I said before the game that I would score four goals, but that kind of stuff just doesn't happen.
The way we were playing over the last two months, it could have been anyone to sit out. I know Tie, and he'll bounce back from this and work as hard as always.
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.
This is a two-week direction (the losing skid) and we still have a long season to go. I believe we have a good enough hockey team to make it to the playoffs and I believe we're going to make it.
It's frustrating. Any time you lose, you're looking for answers and you want to be better and you're not happy but it's the National Hockey League and when you're not playing up to your ability, you're not going to win a lot of hockey games and tonight was one of those nights.
It's healthy for the league, having these young, exciting players coming in. As long as you are the winning side, like we are tonight, I don't mind him scoring a couple of goals.
It sucks any time you lose points at this part of the season, it's devastating. We still think we have a chance to make it and we should be proud of the way we have played the past two weeks.