An excerpt from the Vancouver Sun (Brad Ziemer):

Mats Sundin’s fishing trip in northern Sweden is over, so perhaps this is the week when the Vancouver Canucks will find out if they have landed what would be a huge free-agent catch.

A report Sunday in a Swedish newspaper suggested that Sundin had agreed to join the Canucks, but that was quickly dismissed by Sundin’s Calgary-based agent J.P. Barry.

“It was a false rumour,” Barry said Sunday. “I’ve been getting bombarded with calls because of it.”

The story was reported by the Daily News in Sweden under the byline of Dusan Umicevic, a reporter Barry called “a trainee journalist.”

“This guy has now written two articles that simply aren’t true,” Barry said.

Barry said Sundin has spent the past week fishing in northern Sweden and has just returned to the Stockholm area.

“He took some time away with his family,” Barry said. “I haven’t talked to him in over a week.”
Barry did say he hoped to speak with Sundin today, at which time he might have a better idea of where his client’s head is at regarding playing next season.

“Mats is still trying to make up his mind on whether he wants to play,” Barry said.