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TONIGHT! ONE NIGHT ONLY! THE RETURN OF CATPHISH AND DAVEYBOY!!!!! Tell your friends.

Bob McKenzie 6/22/2007 4:45:57 PM The Nashville Predators have traded goaltender Tomas Vokoun to the Florida Panthers for a first-round pick and two second-round picks. Vokoun, 30, was 27-12-4 with a 2.40 goals against average and .920 save percentage in 44 games with the Predators last season. He missed time in the middle of the season with a thumb injury, and backup Chris Mason ended up putting up even better numbers (24-11-4, 2.38, .925). Vokoun has four years remaining on a contract extension signed before the 2006-2007 season, while Mason has one year remaining on his current deal. Initially a 9th-round pick of the Montreal Canadiens in 1994, Vokoun emerged as a starter in Nashville, playing in a career-high 73 games in 2003-2004. Florida's starter last year, Ed Belfour, is headed for unrestricted free agency, so Vokoun does fill a huge need for the Panthers

Somewhere on this planet, you can be sure Ollies left arm just went numb

Whatever Kev. Read this awesomeness:

GOOD LUCK! You wont get much for any of those players, maybe get some of those late round draft picks back. Haha. JFJ is my hero!

I dont understand how they keep emptying their bare cupboard. Didnt JFJ say last summer that they were going to start stockpiling their picks? In todays NHL, you need to develop your players. Trading them away before you even draft them is not how you do that.

They may have added Mark Bell as well: COLUMBUS — The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired capable goalie Vesa Toskala from the San Jose Sharks. The deal, which includes forward Mark Bell going to Toronto, has cost the Leafs their first-round selection (13th overall), second and fourth-round picks. Bell, who turns 27 on Aug. 5, had a disappointing season with the Sharks, scoring only 11 times in 71 games. Toskala, 30, will enter the final year of his contract that will pay him $1.375-million (all figures U.S.) and the Leafs were trying to sign him to an extension. The Finnish product made a career-high 38 appearances in 2006-07, enjoyed a 26-10- record, 2.35 goals against average and .908 save percentage.

Sportsnet.ca has learned that the Maple Leafs have acquired goalie Vesa Toskala form the San Jose Sharks for three draft picks.

I think they inadvertently gave me a full rack. I also bought a jar of their BBQ sauce.

I should have got the ribs EACH day. Oh my lord. These are unbelievable.

Well, the thing you have to remember is that in the salary cap era, it is much easier to turn your team around quickly.

TOTALLY. I love watching West Coast games simply to hear him call them.

From the Truths And Rumours section of the Globe and Mail. Finally. Do something we have all seen for years.

None the less, Canada are making strides and I salute them. The players are getting better all the time.

Spoken like a true Leaf fan. As far as I see it, this is a risky signing at best. He hasnt even played a full seasons worth of games yet!

Rumour has it that the Leafs are building a team so that they can get the first pick in 2009.

TORONTO (CP) - The Toronto Maple Leafs have made a millionaire out of Carlo Colaiacovo, their oft-injured defenceman who has played a grand total of 73 NHL games. The NHL team announced a US$3.85-million, three-year contract renewal with the 24-year-old blue-liner Thursday. "He made some great strides, last year especially," said GM John Ferguson Jr., who apparently has a lot of money to spend. "He's got some real good upside. "We look forward to having him as an integral part of our defence for the next three years." Colaiacovo, who grew up in Toronto, appeared in 48 games in 2006-07 and scored eight goals while assisting on nine and getting 22 penalty minutes. He was a plus-5 on the plus-minus scale. Among rookie NHL defencemen, he had the second-most goals and was sixth in points. The six-foot-one, 200-pound defenceman, who has had concussion setbacks, was the team's nominee for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, which is awarded annually for perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. He was Toronto's first choice, 17th overall, in the 2001 entry draft. The Leafs haven't qualified for the playoffs since 2004. They'll take to the ice this autumn with many of the players who were in the lineup last season.

Geoff Smith is only now beginning to realize the genius that is Burt Bacharach.

Geoff Smith is only now beginning to realize the genius that is Burt Bacharach.

I was still drinking draft for a couple of years after Ktown pal. You really think only 1 pub got me thinking like that? Come on now. There has to be more sense in you than that.

You are a hero of mine.

I think it runs in the family Phorbes because I can get insanely sick when I hit the draught. From every end if you know what I mean. I rarely drink the stuff. Draught, that is.

Who's owning who now? From an email exchange with Hux: and then an hour later: