Mats Sundin Vs Joe Sakic

1 overall pick in 1989.

Mats sundin vs joe sakic. Four players who terrorized national hockey league goaltenders over the last two decades are going into the hockey hall of fame. Sakic selected 15th overall in 1987 arrived two years ahead of sundin the no. The class of 2012 includes joe sakic mats sundin pavel bure and. Toronto as mats sundin and joe sakic stood side by side monday wearing their hockey hall of fame jackets one couldn t help but wonder just how history would have been rewritten had they never.

The two played four difficult seasons together with the young nordiques a team going. Peter forsberg in my eyes is an extremely unique player said mats sundin who played alongside forsberg on the swedish national team. But yeah if you set health aside prime forsberg is one of the best ever no debate really. Sure they played together a couple of seasons as part of the absurdly talented yet comically unsuccessful quebec nordiques still my favorite nhl 94 team despite the frequent goaltending mishaps of stephane fiset.

On april 11 2013 sakic and 11 others were inducted into the canada sports hall of fame. 256 why mats sundin can t hold joe sakic s jock. And both are members of the fairly exclusive 500 goal club. Plus his nordiques numbers were bananas.

Mats sundin joe sakic adam oates and pavel bure entered the hockey hall of fame on monday. Joe sakic already. Sundin s leafs made the conference finals twice. We really could have picked up a cup or two in the pre cap era.

On november 12 2012 sakic was inducted in the hockey hall of fame along with adam oates pavel bure and mats sundin. He had the warrior style of hockey. The thing with mats is how incredibly consistent he was for so many years.