Monday, December 15, 2008

Mats Sundin Rodin

Mats Sundin pictured thinking about his future while the poop under his butt hardens.

Mats Rodin Sundin (pronounce both last names in French, it’s funnier) has taken his sweeeet sweet time deciding whether or not his 37-year old frame can overcome the grueling 10 games that will remain on the schedule when he decides to come back. Also, one has to wonder how his full fledged baldness will affect his play.

I read an article a few weeks ago on how men’s reaction-time decreases gradually past the age of 40. That’s why athletes who are still built like tanks well past their prime no longer, i.e. Mark Messier, have the reflexes required to act with quick agility on the ice. There is decreased activity in a part of the brain that houses reaction times and the ability to MAKE A FUCKING DECISION WITHOUT TAKING SIX MONTHS!

Imagine Christmas over at the Sundins.

Mats Sundin: “Knock-Knock”

Nephew: “Who’s there!?”

SIX MONTHS LATER

Mats Sundin: “An apricot”

Nephew: “What?”

Imagine what a 3 on 1 rush would look like:

3 on 1! Sundin streaks down the ice with Kovalev and Kostisyn! Only one defender back! Sundin carries the puck past the blue line! Kovalev dashes alone towards the net. Kostisyn’s just behind! Sundin is waiting, trying to figure out the best option. He’s contemplating his choices now! What action! He’s scratching his head in confusion! What a move! He’s clearly unsure now! The wingers are waiting for a decision! Kovalev gets on his plane and circles around the ice, waiting for Mats to make up his mind! Sundin’s doing nothing! It’s furious action now! Oh Baby!”

There’s this great SNL commercial, where people at the office hint at a guy’s tardiness by greeting him with a long white beard. Bob Gainey needs to do that. Sundin walks into his office and Gainey turns around in his swiveling chair with this long white beard that drops to his chest and this purring black cat on his knees. If Gainey conducts negotiations in an eastern European accent that would also be cool.

Imagine Inny Minny Miney Moe with Sundin.

“Inny Minny Miney Moe, catch a tiger by the toe, tiger’s big and you are slow, I like tiger’s you should know, been to Kenya with my bro, bro’s a doctor in Malmo, Bangkok’s great it’s not so-so, should you go there let me know, get tickets to ping-pong show, astrophysics make me glow, read a book last week on snow, never snort a line of blow, my old socks have gotta go, tic tac toe, I have to go to the bathroom, bathroom needs some re-no-va-tion, rest of house needs some re-too-ling, you’re it.”

Holy poop, Mats, it’s just a freaking hockey season. Shit, I just had this terrible thought. Imagine, you need this emergency transplant and Mats was the only match for your kidney. And Mats is all like:






Rest in peace.

14 comments:

Young HF29 said...

Mats is still deciding whether to have the eggs or the French toast for his mid-summer Sunday brunch

Anonymous said...

He decided a long time ago.

Start playing in January for a cup contender, preferably the Rangers.

If the Rangers can't free up the cap space he'll look at Philly and Vancouver.

Either way he'll be booed at the Bell Ctr.

Dave said...

Mats is still tring to decide on his college major.

Lostinleafland said...

Fuck Mats..
Shanahan is sitting on the side-lines while this Swedish douche-bag ponders his next move. He won't make one bit of difference to any team he joins..hope he goes to the Rangers and kills the team chemistry, then maybe the Habs can get in the 2nd or 3rd round?

Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...

You know what would be really sweet? Sundin joining the Rangers, and then the Rangers defeating the Habs in the playoffs!

As a Leafs fan, that's change I can believe in.

=)

sleza said...

Will there be somekind of mass suicide if Sundin signs with Habs?

I believe that tattoo should be " No more decisions" or "To play or not to play"

Anonymous said...

Never a 1st Teal All-Star.

Two 2nd Team All-Stars.

No NHL awards.

No Scoring titles.

Not a hall of famer.

mr. gillis said...

This post is actually not bad, its by James Duthie
http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/james_duthie/?id=259763

mr. gillis said...

Oh ya, and Angelo Esposito finally made the WJC roster. fourth times the charm

Habsfan10 said...

Mats Sundin ... Mats Sundin ... nope, never heard of him.

Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...

Not a hall of famer my ass.

How about we add some footnotes there?

Played with Mike Johnson, Lohnny Bohonas, and Jonas Hoglund. Made Johnson a 20-goal scorer, and Hoglund a 29-goal scorer.

Dude's a sure-fire hall of famer.

Anonymous said...

hey gillis,
just read the duthie post:
i didnt now he was capable of humor
i mean, i know he tries really hard during intermissions on tsn, but he had always struck me as unfunny

Dave said...

Sundin a Ranger or a Vancouver-er

Getting closer to the end of the chapter of a really bad book.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=259800&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main

Anonymous said...

eyebleaf:


Read the following article from the Hockey News this past summer: http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/17404-THNcom-Top-10-Reasons-why-Mats-Sundin-isnt-a-Hall-of-Famer.html

It gives 10 good reasons why Mats isn't a Hall of Famer.