Ferguson left seething

John Ferguson sat calmly on the podium yesterday and made nice.

He said it was good to have Darcy Tucker signed to a new contract and to finish trade-deadline day by getting centre Yanic Perreault. Inside, though, the Toronto Maple Leafs' general manager was seething about the one that got away — Gary Roberts.

The preferred target for Ferguson and his aides was Roberts. But by Monday night, they knew they were not going to pry him away from the Florida Panthers. Roberts, 40, officially waived his no-trade clause yesterday morning and went to Pittsburgh for defenceman Noah Welch.

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