Saturday was hockey day in Canada, and the premier game on the schedule was Mats Sundin's highly anticipated return to Toronto, the city he called home for 13 years. After refusing to waive his no-trade clause at last year's deadline, Sundin became an unrestricted free agent in the offseason, and following a lengthy soap opera filled with self-imposed deadlines as to where he would play this season, he finally agreed to a contract with the Vancouver Canucks. With Vancouver making its first trip to Toronto with Sundin, the game came down to him in the final round of a shootout.
After the two teams played to a 2-2 tie through regulation and overtime, Sundin was the final shooter in the shootout where he beat Toronto goaltender Vesa Toskala to give the Canucks a 3-2 win.
The debate heading into this game was whether or not the fans in Toronto would boo their all-time leading scorer. As it turns out, they opted not to boo him before the game, and Sundin responded by scoring the game-winner. Obviously, the games are rigged (I'm joking ... relax).
Sundin scored 420 goals and recorded 987 points during his tenure in Toronto.
