Jan 14 2009
So yeah, not entirely surprised that SL came out of the closet this morning with his adoration of Jeff Finger. For those of us looking for a little more masculinity in a post, I’ve come across a clip of the Penguins’ new bomber Paul “Biz-Nasty” Bissonnette absolutely clobbering Matt Bradley.
Eric Godard may have some competition for Pittsburgh’s enforcer role.
Look out!
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D.H.T.
Jan 14 2009
There, I said it. It’s 100% the truth, and outside of Hagman I don’t really give a fuck about the rest of the roster.
The day was July 1st, 2008. On the announcement of Cliff Fletcher’s signing of Jeff Finger to a 4-year $14 million deal, I asked: who is Jeff Finger? The answer that I was left with was: he’s the guy that sat most of Colorado’s playoff games as a healthy scratch. But unlike most impatient Toronto hockey fans I waited to give the 28 year-old a look on the ice before passing judgment. Although, I do contend that Fletcher may be approaching senility.
I liked what I saw, Jeff Finger is slightly above average defensively, and he hits like a metric shit-tonne. Finger started the season well after missing the first couple weeks due to injury; he was among Leafs’ leaders in +/-, ATOI, and Blocked Shots. That’s why when I stumbled across this piece at Study of Sports (read this, it’s more than interesting) , I was a little bit skeptical.
Did Fletcher get fingered? I think the only person with a definitive answer to that question is Joel Quennenville.
Editor’s Note: Finger has since seen his +/- take a dive and he’s averaging about 21 minutes a game, and oh yeah he’s out for a couple weeks now.
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SL
