Interesting! I have been reading about this move all morning on different sports sites.
I like the move. Obviously they want to go with a proven product. Somewhat proven anyway. Mark Bell appears to be approaching the best years of his hockey career if you look at his stats. He's a grinding power forward that can put the puck in the net too. I think you'll see him doing a lot more of that with Toronto than he ever did with CHI or SJ.
Toskala's numbers speak for themselves. He looks like the next Hasek to me. His game is definitely on the rise. Toskala and Raycroft will compete for the #1 goaltender position, and no matter what, the team benefits. I'm curious now to see what prospects go in the later rounds of the draft.
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