![NHL player profile photo on Vancouver Canucks' Mats Sundin, from Sweden, during a recent hockey game in Calgary. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal) (Canadian Press via AP Images Stock Photo - Alamy NHL player profile photo on Vancouver Canucks' Mats Sundin, from Sweden, during a recent hockey game in Calgary. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal) (Canadian Press via AP Images Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2P7HKK7/nhl-player-profile-photo-on-vancouver-canucks-mats-sundin-from-sweden-during-a-recent-hockey-game-in-calgary-the-canadian-presslarry-macdougal-canadian-press-via-ap-images-2P7HKK7.jpg)
NHL player profile photo on Vancouver Canucks' Mats Sundin, from Sweden, during a recent hockey game in Calgary. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal) (Canadian Press via AP Images Stock Photo - Alamy
![Mats Sundin (R) attends practice with the Vancouver Canucks, his first time back with the team after signing as a free agent, at GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, December 30, 2008. ( Mats Sundin (R) attends practice with the Vancouver Canucks, his first time back with the team after signing as a free agent, at GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, December 30, 2008. (](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/W0B8A7/mats-sundin-r-attends-practice-with-the-vancouver-canucks-his-first-time-back-with-the-team-after-signing-as-a-free-agent-at-gm-place-in-vancouver-british-columbia-december-30-2008-upi-photoheinz-ruckemann-W0B8A7.jpg)
Mats Sundin (R) attends practice with the Vancouver Canucks, his first time back with the team after signing as a free agent, at GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, December 30, 2008. (
![TIL The Canucks offered Mats Sundin a 2 year, $20 million contract, but he thought it was too much and ended up signing for 1 year at $8.6 million : r/hockey TIL The Canucks offered Mats Sundin a 2 year, $20 million contract, but he thought it was too much and ended up signing for 1 year at $8.6 million : r/hockey](https://external-preview.redd.it/cmas5ya6OrbkDsKIwmBZI4qG0gpnPqIEgOcj45sWV14.jpg?auto=webp&s=6b7f1cee557c0adf2140fec29f9b1db762a372c4)
TIL The Canucks offered Mats Sundin a 2 year, $20 million contract, but he thought it was too much and ended up signing for 1 year at $8.6 million : r/hockey
EA SPORTS NHL - Mats Sundin – Vancouver Canucks When Mats Sundin became a free agent, former Canucks GM Mike Gillis offered Sundin a two-year deal worth $20 million. Eventually Mats agreed
![NHL player profile photo on Vancouver Canucks' Mats Sundin, from Sweden, during a recent hockey game in Calgary. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal) (Canadian Press via AP Images Stock Photo - Alamy NHL player profile photo on Vancouver Canucks' Mats Sundin, from Sweden, during a recent hockey game in Calgary. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal) (Canadian Press via AP Images Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2P7HKJK/nhl-player-profile-photo-on-vancouver-canucks-mats-sundin-from-sweden-during-a-recent-hockey-game-in-calgary-the-canadian-presslarry-macdougal-canadian-press-via-ap-images-2P7HKJK.jpg)
NHL player profile photo on Vancouver Canucks' Mats Sundin, from Sweden, during a recent hockey game in Calgary. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal) (Canadian Press via AP Images Stock Photo - Alamy
![Mike Commito on X: "On this day in 2008, the #Canucks announced they had signed former Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin to a one-year deal https://t.co/OeelPWe1ca" / X Mike Commito on X: "On this day in 2008, the #Canucks announced they had signed former Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin to a one-year deal https://t.co/OeelPWe1ca" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRV-17oVAAAwlkH.jpg)