via CBC: Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Cliff Fletcher has disputed a report earlier this week suggesting captain Mats Sundin would waive the no-trade clause in his contract to play for certain other teams. Fletcher, attending the NHL general ma...
via TSN: The chase for Mats Sundin continues and the list of suitors continues to grow with the Anaheim Ducks becoming the latest to throw their hat into the ring. The 37-year old Sundin has begun working out in Los Angeles as rumours continue to swi...
The Leafs say they have had no contact with Sundin since his visit to Toronto for a charity game in early September. If Sundin wants to go to a contender, it is more likely that he will look elsewhere.
It is clear Sundin does not fit into the Leafs' plans, and it is increasingly clear the Leafs do not fit into his. Sundin's days as a Leaf are finished.
via ESPN: The list of suitors for Mats Sundin, we’re told, is around 10-11 NHL teams. The Sundin camp will likely narrow that list down to three to four serious contenders by the end of the month. Sundin is obviously leaning toward playing thi...
via Sporting News: “You don’t realize how tough it is to come back when guys are hitting full stride,” Schneider told SportingNews.com. “When you miss training camp, you miss the beginning of the year, it’s difficult. I ...
via Buffalo News: Unrestricted free agent Mats Sundin was spotted shopping in the Walden Galleria mall last week, stirring up rumors that he was meeting with Senators GM Bryan Murray when Ottawa was in town to play Buffalo. The Sens are interested in...
With speculation that the former Toronto Maple Leafs captain will back in the NHL by early next month, the Senators are one of several teams interested in the 37-year-old.
Sundin has been intrigued by the Leafs' youth movement and new head coach Ron Wilson's system, and will keep a watchful eye on how the team develops over the next few weeks.
via Toronto Sun: Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk wants Mats Sundin on his team, and delivered the message loud and clear in person last week. League sources say Melnyk had a chance meeting with the former Maple Leafs captain during the Senators&#...
via Globe and Mail: The Tampa Bay Lightning are believed to be the latest club interested in obtaining free agent Mats Sundin - if he decides to play again. While the NHL community awaits Sundin’s decision, his agent, J.P. Barry, confirmed two...
The Tampa Bay Lightning are believed to be the latest club interested in obtaining free agent Mats Sundin – if he decides to play again.
Mats Sundin's D-Day is fast approaching. For the 37-year-old Swedish superstar, that means Dec. 1. There's a strong belief that's when he'll be back skating with an NHL club, ending months of speculation.
The 37-year-old free-agent centre underwent a physical exam at a Toronto hospital yesterday — necessary to begin a rigorous period of training to continue his hockey career.
via Globe and Mail: Mats Sundin has taken the first step toward a return to the NHL. The 37-year-old free-agent centre underwent a physical exam at a Toronto hospital yesterday - necessary to begin a rigorous period of training to continue his hockey...
While Mats Sundin continues to sit on the fence concerning his future, Teemu Selanne has hinted strongly that he is poised to return to the National Hockey League.
Yesterday Mats Sundin looked for all the world like someone who has retired more than he did an elite-level athlete getting ready for another season.
via Toronto Star: “I’m 37 years old and I hope people accept that I make my own decisions,” Sundin told AM640 yesterday. “If I’m not ready to make a decision about my future career, I really hope people respect it. ̶...
The long-time Toronto Maple Leafs captain wanted to make it clear that he's not trying to decide on where he wants to play in 2008-09, but whether he wants to play.
With the opening of training camp less than three weeks away, many clubs are wondering what the 37-year-old centre is going to do this season.
Sundin is 37, coming off one of his finest seasons in the league. Never before this year had he even remotely suggested being tired of the grind or unexcited about hockey or doubtful of his physical resilience or yearning for retirement.
via Philadelphia Daily News: Mats Sundin’s agent said the Flyers are among six NHL teams interested in acquiring the Toronto Maple Leafs center, according to The Sports Network.Agent J.P. Barry told the Canadian-based TSN that the New York Rang...
Should Sundin opt to come back for the 2008-09 season, Paul Holmgren makes one thing perfectly clear: The Philadelphia Flyers want to be a part of the Mats Sundin sweepstakes.
via Montreal Gazette: “He’s not denying that he loves New York,” Barry said of Sundin. “I think all of us do. But Mats still hasn’t given any indication that he’ll be back at all.” Barry, who spoke with Leafs...
via Vancouver Sun: The agent for free-agent centre Mats Sundin says his client may not make a decision about whether to continue his National Hockey League career until after the start of the regular season. J.P. Barry said Wednesday that a decision ...
While many Toronto Maple Leafs fans continue to hold out hope that Mats Sundin might waive his no-trade clause, there is a growing belief among NHL front-office types that the big Swede is sincere in his wish to remain in Toronto. “Mats Sundin ...
via Globe and Mail: Centre Mats Sundin, who may attract even more interest now that Peter Forsberg took himself out of the NHL talent hunt yesterday, is still refusing to waive the no-trade clause in his contract. And defenceman Tomas Kaberle’s ...
via Globe and Mail: Cliff Fletcher was waiting to learn from Mats Sundin or his agent Friday night if the Toronto Maple Leafs captain has had a change of heart and would be open to a change of address before the NHL trade deadline on Tuesday. Fletch...
via Detroit Free Press: The Red Wings were inundated with questions Friday: Have they called Mats Sundin? Would they like Sundin? Have they petitioned general manager Ken Holland about Sundin? With the NHL trade deadline Tuesday, rumors swirl with su...
via Toronto Star: Sundin told his visitor: “It’s not my job to fix John Ferguson’s mistakes.” A day earlier, as Sundin revealed yesterday morning, interim GM Cliff Fletcher had formally asked the longest-serving Leaf to waive ...
via TSN: Sundin and his agent J.P. Barry met in Ottawa on Sunday in an effort to provide Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Cliff Fletcher with an official answer on whether or not the Leaf captain will consent to a trade. “I have carefully co...
via Toronto Star: So, in an effort to get the Maple Leafs best player back as soon as possible at full capacity, the captain did not dress for last night’s 6-2 loss to Buffalo. A groin strain, suffered Wednesday, may not allow him to play again...
via Ottawa Sun: Mats Sundin, a Montreal Canadiens player? Had Bob Gainey and Cliff Fletcher had their way at the trade deadline, Sundin would now, healthy or not, be a member of Les Glorieux. The deal was in Sundin’s hands: All he had to do was...
via Toronto Star: During his 13 seasons in Toronto, Mats Sundin has earned a reputation for being truthful. But he’s also learned to be vague enough with his words so as to avoid controversy in a media market that thrives on it; sometimes, thou...
via National Post: Coach Paul Maurice made the announcement following Toronto’s customary pre-game skate on Tuesday. Sundin missed five games with a groin injury before returning to play last month. “We had an expectation that he would feel consi...
via TSN: Physically, does his body have enough left for the rigours of an 18th NHL season? Mentally, does he have it in him? Do the Toronto Maple Leafs even want him back? And what kind of hockey team will they even be should he return? The one thing...
via Toronto Star: The 37-year-old Leafs captain, heading into a summer of free agency that could see him leave the team after 13 seasons in blue and white, introduced Stockholm resident Johansson while accepting a leadership award at Guelph’s O...
via The Star: Mats Sundin has opened the door to playing somewhere other than with the Toronto Maple Leafs next season. And it may be the Leafs’ management follies that ultimately push him through it. “My dream and the best scenario would...
via TSN: The threat of retirement is not standing in the way of NHL teams taking a hard run at free agent forward Mats Sundin. Sources tell TSN as many as four teams have tablde offers for the 37 year old, including one undisclosed team that has off...
via New York Post: Free-agent center Mats Sundin has declared his interest in playing for the Rangers this season, well-connected sources have told The Post. J.P. Barry, who represents the elite, 37-year-old former Toronto pivot, has been in constant c...
via TSN: The number of teams legitimately interested in the services of Mats Sundin has increased to six according to his agent JP Barry. ”The number has gone up, not gone down since July 1st,” Barry told the Team 1040 Sports Radio statio...
via The Hockey Journal: While Mats Sundin and Joe Sakic have kept half the civilized hockey world holding its breath over their play-or-not-to-play decision, we’ll unequivocally assert that each will return to the NHL for 2008-09. The reason is as ...
via Globe and Mail: Sundin decided yesterday to participate in the Festival Cup, a charity hockey game featuring current NHL stars and Hollywood celebrities that will be staged at the ACC next Friday, to support Right To Play, an international human...
The headline in Sweden's Dagens Nyheter newspaper on the weekend was succinct enough: "Sundin in clear for Vancouver." The accompanying story did not quote Mats Sundin directly but drew upon various sources to conclude that the free agent Maple Leafs captain had decided to accept terms of the Canucks' offer of a two-year deal worth $20 million.
Mats Sundin is expected to announce within two weeks whether he will play this coming season. And the Maple Leafs remain an option -- should he return to the NHL.
Mats Sundin is seriously contemplating retirement and there is growing suspicion among hockey insiders in Sweden the 37-year-old will walk away from the game.
Agent refutes New York report that Leafs captain has made Rangers his top choice for next season.
And the winner of the 2008-2009 Mats Sundin Soap Opera Sweepstakes is...POKER STARS! Just kidding. Well, not really.
As we breathlessly await a decision on his next team due some time today – or tomorrow, or the way this has gone, perhaps this year – Cathal Kelly channels Mats Sundin reflecting on the past and the future.
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