1 Crazy Night
By: Liam Darby

Well just as Mika Noronen picks up his first win of
the season and team goes 1-2 on a odd trip to say the
least netting 8 goals while only coughing up 10, vs
some of the biggest guns out there.  GM Brad Campbell
did the unthinkable, trading team Capitan Mike Modano,
Starting Center Tim Conolly, Starting Dman Nick
Boynton, and a couple of draft pick as well as cash.

What did they get back?  New Starting Center Steve
Bogoyevac, LW Phenomenon Chris Cell, RW Mike Prokopec,
some cash and a small colony of 2nd round draft picks.

Rumor has it both of the last year rookie tri that
turned the Sabrecats from Industrial Waste into the
Cinderella team, were shopped around, however, as it
was figured GM Campbell knew better then to let the
heart soul of this team go.  Capitan Mike was
struggling, Conolly had just turned things around as
had Boynton, but it appears it was to little to late.

In Mike Prokopec the team gets RW help they so badly
needed when starter Donald Audette went down with his
knee injury.  It was heart breaking to see the team at
a complete loss.  Now a new question arises, what
about when Audette comes back?  Well it seems clear
that Mike Prokopec 800k a year salary seems to be hard
to think that Audette could keep his starting job.  So
the next question is, who's headed down?  Rick Enrico
and Dean Richards are 2 younger talented players, but
the team seems set with Wayne Primeau as the reserve. 
That means 1 of them is headed to the farm in about a
week.

My money is on the rookie Richards he has played hard,
but lacks some of the experience a proven leader like
Enrico brings.  Onto Chris Cell, the Sabrecats put all
they had into getting Cell who was a FA this past
off-season and after Campbell made the deal he Cell
couldn't refuse, Toronto matched the offer and the
hopes of adding the Goal scoring Machine seemed over. 
Then last night a dream the team landed Cell and a 2nd
round pick for Modano and some cash.  Cell a star in
all sense of the word could be the missing piece of
the puzzle.

Now as for Campbell had going through his mind as he
traded Tim Conolly for Steve Bogoyevac?  Here was his
answer, "Steve is a fine young star much like another
very gifted Center on this team Jaimie Ling.  What was
I thinking?  Bogoyevac might not have the scoring
gifts that Tim did, but he is younger and I feel he
can help this team make the change and get back in the
hunt.  Plus with the draft picks we add next season
this team could easily be right yup their among the
favorites."

Now not everyone was happy about this.  Here is what
coach Marois had to say on the matter, "This is insane
the team was finally coming together and trade 3 of
the top 5 players on the team.  Now yes Tok has been a
blessing the likes of which no one could have seen,
but we as a whole are hurting now.  I was more then
pleasantly stunned to hear that we add Chris (Cell). 
However, was it worth it?  Well Mr. Campbell we will
have to wait and see."

I'm not sure what other fun surprises still lay ahead,
but it should be 1 wild ride.

Now something new, my final thoughts:

1. Why gather all these 2nd round pic after having
deal the possible 1st overall pick for Conolly?  Can
the Sabrecats truly rally back and turn this season
around?

2. When will the Sabrecats next hold a 1st round pick
at the actually draft?  3 years and it has been traded
all 3 times, for Trinka, cash and ?What? they got
Steve Bogoyevac and a 2nd.  This team needs to stay
out of the red this year save that pick and prove they
can do all they claim to.

3. When will the cat fight of Marc T. vs J. Nameth
end?  We enter a new and exciting round 25 today, and
the only question I have now is, what in god's name
started this in the first place???

4. For the love of god don;t let there be another
strike, sign my starving players, don't hold
yourselves on pride.  Money isn't everything, it's all
about the game. :] (hehe)

5. The Big E - not Eric Lindros Expansion, we have
seen expansion breed chaos in resent years look at
Tokyo and Las Vegas, surely we don't need to further
deplete the talent pool which is slowly running dry. 
I see no good in this, no good at all.  Stop the
madness and praise the Sabrecats.  {buy season tickets now!}