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Sundin has had much more to work with for most of his tenure in Toronto than SK has in Montreal...until about, last season...

Now THAT'S a good one. What has Sundin had to work with? Jonas Hoglund? Sergei Berezin? An end of the line Steve Thomas? An end of the line Gary Roberts? In his career in MTL, Koivu's had teammates named Mark Recchi, Vincent Damphousse, a semi-productive Martin Rucinsky, and Alexei Kovalev - among others. Hell, even when the Leafs did have a bona fide winger for Sundin (Mogilny), Quinn insisted on playing them on different lines.

You make some other good points, but the theory that Sundin has had more to work with simply isn't true.