They Always Come Back

by Greener on Jul 1, 2008 2:06 PM EDT

Underprivileged kids throughout the GTA are celebrating right now as the greatest friend the Boys and Girls Club ever had, Curtis Joseph, is returning to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Whether they left through trade, free agency, or were denied through fickle fate, they always end up coming back to the Leafs. On the ice or in the office they want to be a part of it again. CuJo is the latest of these signing a 1 year deal. The terms are so far undisclosed, but will surely be no more than $750,000.

Cujo will bring experience, dependability and a 41 year-old body to the Leafs. I know some people were saying that Justin Pogge should be called to back up Toskala, but now that Scott Clemmensen is gone, Justin will get the net to himself for a full season with the Marlies. Taking a lot of time is better with Pogge as his development is incredibly important to the Leafs organization. CuJo played well for Calgary backing up Kiprusoff playing in 9 games (not far off the projected 15 he'll play for the Leafs) for a .906 PCT.

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TSN reporting on Sundin:

The threat of retirement is not standing in the way of NHL teams taking a hard run at free agent forward Mats Sundin.

Sources tell TSN as many as four teams have tablde offers for the 37 year old, including one undisclosed team that has offered a whopping $10 million per year on a multi-year contract.

Sundin, who remains in Sweden is said to considering all of his options, but has yet to decided whether or not he play next season.

Well, so much for my one-year $10M offer brainstorm.

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by Down Goes Brown on Jul 1, 2008 2:16 PM EDT 0 recs

Hard to turn down 10 million - he can’t have been expecting that, even if he was just stalling to get to July 1. Though I’m not sure we’ll ever know now - 10 million would sure make me a lot more decisive, anyway.

by rob m. on Jul 1, 2008 2:48 PM EDT up 0 recs

TSN...more Sundin

Canucks off Sundin $20 million over 2 years. Wow.

by general borschevsky on Jul 1, 2008 6:13 PM EDT up 0 recs

TSN... more Sundin

Canucks offer Sundin $20 million over 2 years. Wow.

by general borschevsky on Jul 1, 2008 6:15 PM EDT up 0 recs

OK, so I give up. Who’s Jeff Finger and why are we paying him $3.5M a year?

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by Down Goes Brown on Jul 1, 2008 3:48 PM EDT 0 recs

Finger

I think it’s 4 years at 3.5 total.

At least, it better be.

by Evening News Team on Jul 1, 2008 4:07 PM EDT up 0 recs

Check that

It is 3.5 per. My apologies.

What the hell?

by Evening News Team on Jul 1, 2008 4:12 PM EDT up 0 recs

This has to be a run at the salary floor.

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by Chemmy on Jul 1, 2008 4:13 PM EDT up 0 recs

Darcy Tucker signs in Colorado. GO AVS!

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by Chemmy on Jul 1, 2008 4:10 PM EDT 0 recs

And Raycroft!

by Evening News Team on Jul 1, 2008 4:12 PM EDT up 0 recs

So it’ s kind of like trading Tucker and Raycroft for to Colorado for Finger, only in a very round about and expensive way.

by rob m. on Jul 1, 2008 4:15 PM EDT up 0 recs

Finger made $475,000 last year, didn’t do anything notable, and now makes 82% of Tomas Kaberle’s salary.

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by Chemmy on Jul 1, 2008 4:18 PM EDT up 0 recs

$3.5m per season better be a TSN typo.

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by Chemmy on Jul 1, 2008 4:18 PM EDT up 0 recs

no...

Really wanted to see him in Pittsburgh. Was hoping he’d stay in the Eastern Conference too, so we could see him a few times in Toronto. He’ll make a nice line combination with Ryan Smyth.

by general borschevsky on Jul 1, 2008 5:53 PM EDT up 0 recs

The rumor is Fletcher is trying to move Pavel Kubina for salary relief.

We just fucking paid Jeff “Who the fuck is this guy” Finger $3.5m a season and now we’re going to move probably our best remaining player for nothing? Toronto better get a fuckload of draft picks or young kids for Kubina, but this reeks of the Tucker buyout: Fletcher punishing people for their NMCs.

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by Chemmy on Jul 1, 2008 4:30 PM EDT 0 recs