Maple Leafs will add Mats Sundin to Legends Row monument
This season is about new beginnings for the Toronto Maple Leafs, but there's time to celebrate the past, too.
Leafs president Brendan Shanahan revealed Thursday night that former longtime captain Mats Sundin will be added to the Legends Row monument taking shape outside the Air Canada Centre.
He will be unveiled in bronze Saturday at the team's fan fest, and his statue will reside next to that of fellow Swede Borje Salming.
The Leafs' all-time leading scorer said in a statement:
To be honored with a statue on Legends Row is something I could never have imagined. To see my statue unveiled alongside Borje Salming, the player I grew up idolizing in Sweden, will be very special for both my family and me.
Sundin's reaction to the news was raw, and perfect.
You just found out Mats Sundin is being added to Legends Row. Here's exclusive footage of Mats Sundin finding out
https://t.co/czldbIJEMf
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) September 11, 2015
Sundin and Salming will join Ted Kennedy, Darryl Sittler, and Johnny Bower, while Syl Apps and George Armstrong will be added in November.