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And he just about notched his third there. Unlucky.

Mats Sundin still has some issues to work out. There were a couple times on the Powerplay where he had the puck on the halfboards, and was open but took too long to shoot. Conditioning was a bit of a problem, especially early in the game, when his shifts were like 20 seconds long, but his shifts did hit the 45 second mark by the end of the game.

I am pleased with what I see so far though. I knew he was big and strong, but I didn't realize he was THAT big and strong. He was hard to knock off the puck, and hard to move from in front of the net.

I see him getting into his groove after 6-7 games, when he's back to game condition, and more comfortable with his linemates (Raymond and Wellwood........at least for now.........who knows with AV).