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 always thought Ray Bourque was a great competitor.
Seeing someone else perform and letting me be the critic for once... that's not a bad thing.
Players come and go, good friends, players who performed well. You can't control that.
I'm 31 years old and I want to be part of a championship team before my career is over.
I put a lot of pressure on myself, more than anyone else.
I'm sure once my career's over, when I look back when I'm older, I can maybe appreciate it a little bit more.
At this level, you put a lot of pressure on yourself as a player to perform and do well.
It's all trotters in Sweden, so that's what's always caught my eye.
And when things are not going well in Toronto, you're going to hear about it. And you're going to say things are not good at all, where it's really not that bad.
If I'm going through a hard part of my life, I just think about the fact I am living a dream. Alot of people aren't as fortunate to have their hobby-the thing they love to do most-as their job. I just think about that and I feel better.
Bryan Fogarty could skate faster, shoot harder and pass crisper drunk than the rest of us could sober.
I think people want success, you know, and I'm the captain.
You can see all kinds of matchups within those teams, but I think it's going to come down to who plays best as a team and is patient.
Winning a Stanley Cup for Toronto, that's the biggest dream and the biggest goal.