It's over

And then it was the 30th of September 2009 when it was all over. Sundin retired from playing NHL and hockey*. After selling his house (mansion) in Toronto, finding a blonde Swedish woman to marry in the bright summer in Sweden and trying to win that Ring once (let's forget about the pathetic 7 months that lead up to the try) he decides to move back to his home town of Stockholm and start a new chapter of his life.

He might not be the greatest Leaf in times. (No, I don't think so either.) But he will always be one of the greatest. And most definetly one of the most important Swedish hockey players. Who can forget the awesome goal against Fetisov? Or other ones in the crunch time of the game. Not to mention the whole "we are going to be great once again now when Sundin is on the team". He sort of made the Swedish spirit those nice years in the 1990ies. (Everyone understands that it was several others too, like Forsberg and Salo, but in effect - without Sundin the team was severely crippled.)

You'll find a great video here , the first one in the article, not the second one. Funny enough, lots of goals in the video are from the MTL (Montreal Canadiens) games. Ha, there you have it. He scored against the greatest fiends there are. For that and all the Swedish spirit and being from the best city in the world, THANK YOU! (as if he would ever read this, duh.)

Now I have to sign up for Cath's Fantasy Hockey League... and choose who to pick for my team. One less obvious one but there are more Swedes.... and a whole lot of action coming soon!

*some people wants him in the Olympics next year.... I would like to see him somewhere else than on the ice though. It is over. No dragged out ending like last year. Not again. Be brave and be proud. And please do something good with all the money and the time now!