Worth the Wait

Canucks' confident in Sundin offer

The Canucks are willing to wait for Mats Sundin and appear confident in their two-year offer for the veteran Swede, reports the Vancouver Province. "I want to give him a little time to get his head around playing here and the team that we have," Canucks GM Mike Gillis told the paper. The Canucks offered Sundin a two-year, $20 million contract, but Gillis is willing to reduce the term to one-year if that's what Sundin would prefer. Sundin issued a statement Wednesday thanking all the teams that have shown their interest, but indicated that he'll need more time before he makes his decision.

"A lot of things that are going on that are not in the public domain I'm not going to speak about concerning Mats," Gillis said. "The only public statement he made, it's easy to take it a certain way. We're confident we made a significant offer to a real top-notch player. "We felt he's the best free agent out there in this crop and we still feel that way. We're prepared to maintain our position to get this done." Meanwhile, the Canucks are scouring the trade market and are looking to make a few more changes. "It [trade] is always open for us," said Gillis. "We've talked to a number of teams about a number of possibilities and that's the way these things go. It takes time."