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On Sunday, Sundin said: "I haven’t had one practice yet with the whole group and it’s going to be two days of real full practices (following tonight’s game).  I think then we can evaluate how everything feels. I hope I’m going to feel great after two practices and obviously I want to play as soon as possible."

So, it’s been two days and I’m hearing reports that Sundin might make his grand entrance on Thursday when the Edmonton Oilers roll into Vancouver.  Nothing’s guaranteed, of course, since he seems to want everything perfect for his debut: "Physically, I think I’m good," he said. "I just want to make sure that I am ready to go when I play. I don’t want to play and have some kind of problem as soon as I start."

Sometimes, the best thing to do is just dive right in…

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Anyway, the news now is that Sundin has narrowed his choices down to the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks.  The Canucks can offer more money but New York seems like a better fit so I’m not sure how this is going to go.  His agent said that he expects Sundin to make his decision in the next week so that “he can join one of those teams after Christmas.”

Uh huh… we’ll see.  There have been so many deadlines for his announcement (I was still remaining positive back in July when there were rumors of an August 1st decision) so it’s hard to really believe anything at this point…

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