Welcome Jerry!

I would like to officially congratulate Jerry D'Amigo on signing his ELC, and welcome him to Toronto.  Jerry, if end up being the type of player that so many Leaf fans hope you can become, welcome to the kind of adoration that you can rarely find anywhere else.  But no pressure, kid.  Go out there, have fun, and work hard.  Wear the blue and white proudly and do whatever you can, and the rational Leaf fans will appreciate you anyways.

Now the links:

• Top 10: Performance bonuses
  A top 10 list from The Hockey News has a couple of Leafs in the top 10 players with the biggest performance bonuses.
• August can be one of the special times of the year for Leaf fans
  Vintage Leaf Memories on how training camp used to be, and a proposal to cut back the number of regular season games.
• D’Amigo Officially Signs
  MLHS on D'Amigo's signing and his official max cap hit ($1.125 mill).
• Leafs running out of time to move Kaberle
  This was a fanshot yesterday, but in case you missed it.... Kaberle's agent complains about Burke, and Burke repeats himself for the 10,000th time.
• Clarity on where D'Amigo can play.
  The Muppet gives us some info to help us figure out where D'Amigo could play next year.
• Actual News (if you love entry level contracts)
  Yakov Mironov on D'Amigo and the Belanger rumours.
• Rounding Out the Leafs' Lineup: Defense
  Curt S takes a look at the Leafs' defense./

NON HOCKEY LINK:

• The Jayting Game: Episode 1 - Sarah - Archi's Recap
  If you're sick of the lack of real hockey news and tired of speculating about Kaberle, follow Archi's Jayting Game as he goes on a series of dates at Jays games./