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The NHL rumor mill is, once again, buzzing that former Toronto Maple Leafs’ captain, Mats Sundin, is targeting sometime in early December, for his much anticipated return to professional hockey.
Even though he finished last season with a more then respectable 78 points, Sundin admitted to the media, during the off-season, that he wasn’t sure whether he was committed to coming back. After completing his 13th season in Toronto, several teams, such as the Vancouver Canucks, Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators offered the 37 year-old a lucrative contract, that he turned down.
The hot rumor, circulating among the hockey circles, is that Sundin recently traveled to Los Angeles for the purpose of — not a vacation – but to engage in an intense workout program, to get him into playing shape.
Even though his agents are staying tight lipped about the purpose of his workout regime, some of his close friends have admitted that he is – in fact – getting that urge to play.
In the fall, Sundin, who has 555 goals in his career, insisted that if he, indeed, did come back, he wanted to be in top shape, and would therefore need about a month to get ready.
Toronto Maple Leafs’ general manager, Cliff Fletcher, who has had talks with Sundin, over the summer and into the fall, was not surprised about the news.
“I hear he’s going out to the west coast and getting into shape,” said Fletcher. “After that, I assume, that at some time, he’ll decide where he wants to play hockey; but we’ve had no contact with him.”
Fletcher apparently still has a one-year contract offer on the table for Sundin. He will have plenty of competition with teams such as, the Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers and the Senators, who are all apparently still very interested in his services.
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