Today the Scotsmen look like a team on a mission.  Rob DiMaio, a long time Scotsman and two-time Stanley Cup champion, has returned for another run at Lord Stanley’s Cup.  The Scotsmen, who currently sit atop a tight Campbell conference, look poised for their third straight try at a championship.  The deal today involved young star left wing Markus Naslund, as well as highly regarded prospect Darcy Tucker, going to Bathurst along with tough guy Shawn Anderson and a 2^nd round pick this season for DiMaio, blue-line prospect Oleg Tverdosky, Al Iafrate, an Iona 1^st round pick this season and a Tignish 2^nd next.

With the deal the free agent DiMaio will become one of the many South Esk has yet to sign this year.  An ever-increasing salary on the team shows their determination to win this year’s Stanley Cup, but it will become more of a concern in the next two seasons.  How GM Goodfellow will handle it along with a minor league career is difficult to say.