Finger the third worst FA signing of the decade?

Allan Muir once again proves he knows nothing at all about hockey, stating the signing of Finger was the third worst of the decade. Nary a mention of Redden, or Gomez, or Briere, or Drury, or Campbell or anyone else. Nope, Jeff Finger. He is obviously overpaid (by just a million?), but can be quite serviceable. Muir's an asshat.

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the 28-year-old defender was the beneficiary of a one-team bidding war that, through no fault of his own, turned his name into a punchline when was awarded a four-year, $14 million contract.

A punch line is the final part of a joke or comedy sketch, usually the word, sentence or exchange of sentences which is intended to be funny and to provoke laughter from listeners. Punch lines generally derive their humor from being unexpected.

Jeff Finger is a punchline? When did that happen? All I can hear people talking, like lordosis said, are the contracts of Gomez, Havlat, Briere, Staal, and Campbell. But Jeff Finger at $3.5 million, really? You could have 2 Jeff Fingers on your team for anyone of the guys above.

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by SkinnyFish on Dec 14, 2009 12:52 PM EST reply actions

the clincher for Muir is this:

a borderline player who this season has spent almost as much time in the press box as in the lineup./blockquote>

I’d have to agree. $3.5M sitting in the press box most of the time doesn’t look too good. Not a Muir fan, but it’s hard to argue that.

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by blurr1974 on Dec 14, 2009 12:55 PM EST up reply actions

weird

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by blurr1974 on Dec 14, 2009 12:55 PM EST up reply actions

true

But I chalk that one up to Burke signing too many players rather than due to Finger sucking.

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by SkinnyFish on Dec 14, 2009 1:08 PM EST up reply actions

yah, Finger was signed to a very different Leaf team

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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 14, 2009 1:12 PM EST up reply actions

Yup, he was 2nd pairing back when it was Kubina, Kaberle, and Schenn as the top three dmen. With White sporadically up on the wing. Now you throw Komisarek, Beauchemin, and Gunarsson into that mix and it looks bad. But truthfully he was signed with 2nd pairing in mind.

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by SkinnyFish on Dec 14, 2009 1:14 PM EST up reply actions

yah, and as a second pairing D, he’d be pretty reasonably priced. I still think he could fill that spot well if the Leafs blue line were weaker

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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 14, 2009 1:25 PM EST up reply actions

He signed with a different team under a different GM that had a different plan for him.

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by PPP on Dec 14, 2009 2:09 PM EST up reply actions

devil's advocate...

Were Finger that good, would Burke have needed to sign more d-men?

I like Finger. Like what he brings to the team when he plays. That said, $3.5M per sure seems like a whole lot of money when Beauchemin is making $3.8, Kabby at $4.25 and Komi at $4.5…

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by blurr1974 on Dec 14, 2009 1:14 PM EST up reply actions

we could blame it on Fletcher, because quite frankly, I’m not sure what the answer is…

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by blurr1974 on Dec 14, 2009 1:14 PM EST up reply actions

Finger isnt THAT good, he would be a servicable 2nd pairing Dman who was probably slotted to play Schenns minuites last year had he not stayed up.

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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 14, 2009 1:26 PM EST up reply actions

Fletcher and/or Wilson had already decided White wasn’t going to be part of the team, so the Finger signing makes some sense.

That said, his emergence as a very capable blueliner in his own right made Finger superfluous. Muir has the benefit of hind sight here, but that’s pretty much the only way you can judge signings like these.

I can think of far worse players to be spending the money on, just saying that now, it’s not that great an idea.

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by blurr1974 on Dec 14, 2009 1:30 PM EST up reply actions

yeah, Finger is pretty much the victim of a numbers game, i still think a team who is ravaged on D and not cap struck would be interested in his services. and there is always a couple around the deadline

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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 14, 2009 1:35 PM EST up reply actions

the only thing finger was a punch line for recently is puns

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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 14, 2009 12:57 PM EST up reply actions

Basically

Even though the Finger signing is bad Allan Muir is stupid if he thinks it’s the third worst of the decade.

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by PPP on Dec 14, 2009 2:09 PM EST reply actions

i’d like to know what David Danforth thinks personally…

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by blurr1974 on Dec 14, 2009 2:29 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

agreed

That David Danforth is a straight shooter with upper management written all over him. Way better than that PPP guy.

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by SkinnyFish on Dec 14, 2009 2:56 PM EST up reply actions

Oh Hey

How the hell am I logged in properly today?

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by PPP on Dec 14, 2009 4:01 PM EST up reply actions

I miss David…

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Dec 14, 2009 4:03 PM EST up reply actions

damn job cuts

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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 14, 2009 4:08 PM EST up reply actions

Know what's interesting?

You never see PPP and David Danforth posting around the same times..

Hmmmm

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Dec 14, 2009 4:23 PM EST up reply actions

Says who?

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by David Danforth on Dec 14, 2009 4:24 PM EST up reply actions

This is PPP’s work account until further notice. Damn Internet.

Real secretive there chief.

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by SkinnyFish on Dec 14, 2009 4:28 PM EST up reply actions

Jared is in charge of espionage.

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by PPP on Dec 14, 2009 4:46 PM EST up reply actions

it’s hard to maintain secrecy when someone is selling secrets on the inside

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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 14, 2009 4:54 PM EST up reply actions

THAT SIG IS A RED HERRING!

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Dec 14, 2009 5:05 PM EST up reply actions

Thanks

And don’t ever let PPP tell you that you won’t rise about Midnight Sanitation Engineer.

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by David Danforth on Dec 14, 2009 4:23 PM EST up reply actions

I agree with the other handsome devil. Allan Muir IS stupid.

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by David Danforth on Dec 14, 2009 4:24 PM EST up reply actions

Why thank you.

by lordosis on Dec 14, 2009 5:50 PM EST up reply actions

No Wade Redden in the top five is ridiculous.

If the Leafs went to the Rangers and offered Finger for Redden straight up, Sather would tear his groin sprinting to the fax machine before they changed their mind.

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