And you realize he's a lying bastard. We already knew we would have gotten Higgins, Grabs and a 1st for him, plus with him gone others probably would have waived so there would be Jeff Carter and a 1st. But now look at us, Mats fucked us over huge and I actually respected him for that statement he made above. Not so much now that I just see it was a crock of shit. At least when Wendel and Killer left, they were traded and didn't go behind the back of all Leafs fans.
Hopefully it's a good 20 years before we even consider seeing #13 in the rafters of the ACC (and it will have to be).
Despite that, Mats Sundin is still my favourite player. I know he could have accepted the trade and helped out the rebuilding process a ton, but I can get over it. He gave me a ton of great memories and I hope that Brian Burke can make the rebuild go quickly so we can all stop being angry with Mats and instead welcome him back as one of the best players to ever wear the Maple Leafs jersey.