This is not a picture of one of the False Gods faithful.
It’s all coming to an end, kiddies. Tonight, the Vancouver Canucks are sending off fan favourite, Trevor Linden, in one of those all-too-ubiquitous number retirement ceremonies. Not long after Linden’s jersey is raised to the rafters, we will be learning Sophie’s Mat’s choice.
Vancouver or New York. New York or Vancouver.
Is it coincidence that Mats’ long awaited decision is coming on the heels of the Linden hoopla? Can we read more into this? Can Sundin hold out for more money?
To date, the Canucks are bringing a 2-year, $10-million, 5-Diamond escort deal to the table (O.K. – I added the escort bit) – 5 million of which is a signing bonus (read: free money).
So say Mats takes the Canucks offer. If we include the 5 mill bonus as part of his salary and assume he is being paid for his performance only during the regular season, it becomes quite interesting.
Multiply two eighty-two game seasons (82 x 2 = 164) by twenty minutes (Mats’ average per-game minutes) by 60 seconds (164 x 20 x 60 = 196800) to get total ice time in seconds. Now divide 10 million by 196800 and it becomes staggering. Mats will be earning 50 bucks every two seconds of ice time.
Every two freaking seconds… but Mats’ Mackenzie Kings won’t say “specimen” on them.
One, two…
BAM!
What’s Swedish for “another helping”?
- Coach Mitch Mitchel
