[oldeguy]

NefCanuck,Jun 2 2007, 08:26 PM Wrote:Signing Sundin for two more years at $5.5M signals either:

1) The Leafs want cap room to play with in the free agent market.

2) The Leafs know they can't attract any decent free agents, so they're signing Sundin to keep the mob from lynching JFJ, which ain't gonna work unless the Leafs go deep into the playoffs next season...

I fear #2 is more likely than #1

NefCanuck
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I think it's more along the lines of the fans, you and I, it seems on this site, need to have a "big name" player on the team, and Sundin is the Leafs big name. Because the Leafs won't get what the fans want, if Sundin was traded, the Leafs have to sign him. By signing him, they get some cap space to pay for Andropov ( I hope not ).