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Mats Sundin is one of Swedish hockey’s giants.
Together with Peter Forsberg and Nicklas Lidström, they are the best ever.
But now “Sudden” is forced to choose who is the best of “Foppa” and “Lidas”.
Not many Swedish hockey players can snap Mats Sundin on the nose. He became the very first Swede to be selected number 1 of all players in the 1989 NHL draft, a feat only Rasmus Dahlin repeated since then.
Sundin’s career
Then Sundin made 18 successful seasons in North America and left a real mark on the world’s best hockey league. With his incredible 1,349 points in 1,346 games, he is still the Swede who scored the most points in the NHL of all time.
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“Sudden” can also proudly display an Olympic gold and three WC golds with Tre Kronor as well as a SM gold with Djurgården. In 2012, Mats Sundin received his great recognition when he was elected to the long-standing Hockey Hall of Fame, as the second Swede in history after Börje Salming.
Foppa or Lidas
Together with Peter Forsberg and Nicklas Lidström are Sweden’s top three hockey players of all time. And many have debated who is really the best.
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Now Sundin is forced to do the difficult thing and choose his favorite from “Foppa” and “Lidas”
– It was an impossible question. I’ve played with both, but… Well, I can’t answer that, he says in a TV interview with Aftonbladet.
Then he is pressed further and then an answer to the impossible question finally comes.
– Both were equally important and had completely different roles. But Lidas was awarded as Sweden’s best of all time (named “Player of the Times” by the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation), so he is probably a bit more meritorious then, admits Sudden.
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