McCabe/Van Ryn trade official

From George Richards of the Miami Herald:

The Panthers get defenseman Bryan McCabe and a fourth round pick in 2010 from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Mike Van Ryn.

Read the entire entry from On Frozen Pond here.

Boy, this trade came out of nowhere…

Jokes aside, this trade is finally official so we can focus on other stories that don’t get a lot of press like Sundin/Selanne/Shanahan. (Okay, so maybe it wasn’t jokes aside)