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 thought we beat ourselves. We have a lot to work to do, that's for sure.
I thought we beat ourselves tonight. All five of their goals came when we had the puck and turned it over.
I thought he had a good game. I don't think he beat us all by himself. He made some stops but, overall, I think we lost this game more than they won it.
There's so many games left, our only concern is our own play. We know we can play better than we did in January (3-9-2) and we can beat the teams we need to beat to make it in (the playoffs).
Almost all five goals we had the puck and misplayed. I thought we beat ourselves tonight.
Our only focus from now on is to turn this thing around. We have to get back to playing the way we did. The way we're playing right now, it hasn't even been two weeks. Before that we were playing really good hockey and we could beat any team in the league. We have to climb back to that, and it's going to take all of us in the dressing room. We can't look at the standings right now.
I believe in my heart that we have a good enough team to make the playoffs and a good enough team to beat Ottawa.
I thought we played as well as we've ever played here.
I think we made some progress tonight. If we can keep playing like we did tonight we can turn this thing around.
I think we made some great additions to our roster. Obviously, you like to see the guys that we added healthy. But I like the way our roster looks.
I think we knew with even 25 games to go that it would be dog race to the end. Obviously we have two big games in Montreal, but we have to try and keep winning until the end.
You always get a little extra time once you get the puck. There's a reason why Forsberg is arguably the best player in the world. He draws a lot of attention.
We can't worry about what the end result is going to be on Monday, we have to make sure that we come out and work hard and just worry about the next shift we're on the ice. We can't look further ahead than that.
You are begging for trouble when you give up three on two (breaks) and two on one (breaks) to a speedy team like this.