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Ok, it’s barely a rumor anymore, since the Toronto Maple Leafs will be making it official later today, but it looks like Toronto’s favorite biatch is heading for warmer pastures. Bryan McCabe, perhaps one of the league’s most expensice defensive liabilities is now someone else’s problem. Florida’s to be exact.

From the rarely-classy Toronto Sun:

McCabe embarks on a new chapter in his career as a Florida Panther, the legions of Bryan Bashers back in Toronto will remember him for exactly that — the on-ice stumbles, the $5.75- million US salary they feel he never lived up to…

In return, the Buds are getting defenceman Mike Van Ryn and an injection of dignity. We should also note that before being made official, McCabe was waiting for a signing bonus that was owed to him on Sept. 1st. Only once the Leafs paid him his $2 million, was the deal able to happen.

I guess that last $2 million should cover the U-Haul rental nicely. Seriously though, a fresh start for McCabe in a new environment should work out well for him so long as Florida knows how to use him. (i.e.: Dress him in a panther costume and have him skate around between periods. He will cause a lot less damage that way.)

Come to think of it, it’s pretty amazing that after the Chad Kilger fiasco that GM Jacques Martin is still talking to Leafs GM Cliff Fletcher. It’s like the kid in elementary school who constantly trades his Twinkies for celery sticks just so he can call one of the cool kids his friend. And it don’t get much cooler than “The Fletch”.

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Ok, it’s barely a rumor anymore, since the Toronto Maple Leafs will be making it official later today, but it looks like Toronto’s favorite biatch is heading for warmer pastures. Bryan McCabe, perhaps one of the league’s most expensice defensive liabilities is now someone else’s problem. Florida’s to be exact.

From the rarely-classy Toronto Sun:

McCabe embarks on a new chapter in his career as a Florida Panther, the legions of Bryan Bashers back in Toronto will remember him for exactly that — the on-ice stumbles, the $5.75- million US salary they feel he never lived up to…

In return, the Buds are getting defenceman Mike Van Ryn and an injection of dignity. We should also note that before being made official, McCabe was waiting for a signing bonus that was owed to him on Sept. 1st. Only once the Leafs paid him his $2 million, was the deal able to happen.

I guess that last $2 million should cover the U-Haul rental nicely. Seriously though, a fresh start for McCabe in a new environment should work out well for him so long as Florida knows how to use him. (i.e.: Dress him in a panther costume and have him skate around between periods. He will cause a lot less damage that way.)

Come to think of it, it’s pretty amazing that after the Chad Kilger fiasco that GM Jacques Martin is still talking to Leafs GM Cliff Fletcher. It’s like the kid in elementary school who constantly trades his Twinkies for celery sticks just so he can call one of the cool kids his friend. And it don’t get much cooler than “The Fletch”.

Heading into the weekend, when we’ll all probably be gorging on leftover Valentine’s Day chocolate, here’s another study that shows keeping the weight down is important.

Being overweight may increase your risk of developing up to a dozen types of cancer. European researchers tracked subjects matching their body mass index with incidents of cancer. The research, published in The Lancet, found that an average weight gain of 33 pounds in men increased their risk of esophageal cancer by 52 percent, thyroid cancer by 33 percent, and colon and kidney cancers each by 24 percent. In women, a weight gain of 29 pounds increased the risk of uterine and gall bladder cancer by nearly 60 percent, esophageal by 51 percent and kidney by 34 percent. The link was weaker for bone and blood cancers.

Here’s one woman who plays by the rules - or at least labour rules.

Yesterday, the driver of a Greyhound charter bus pulled over on a highway in Texas, parked in front of a convenience store and got out saying she couldn’t drive anymore because she had tapped her allowed hours on the road. Okay, fair enough. But her bus was loaded with ex-prisoners (some of whom were wearing tracking devices on their ankles) and she just left them there. She walked away promptly as the clock struck 4PM. Cinderella should have been so punctual, then she wouldn’t have lost that glass slipper!

Anyhow, police were called and they kept an eye on the ex-jailbirds who were destined for a bus depot in Houston. Another bus finally showed up about 3 hours later. Greyhound says it’s investigating. A veteran police officer says he’s never seen anything like it in thirty years.