Leafs sign Jeff Finger for 4 year deal, not sure of amount but believe i heard 3.5 mill a year.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/3223
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/3223
Jeff Finger
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what i hate about this is the guy made 475 grand last year (or something like it) then got 3.5 mill this year? WTF? no way should a guy with minimal experience get such a big jump in pay. Seems like a desperate move to get someone to me. Fuck and I thought Cliff would be smarter than that. Hope I eat my words on this one but I hate such a huge raise on such an unknown dude
with all due respect to jeff finger (good for him for getting as much as he could),...
what the hell are the leafs smoking? $3.5 mill per on a 4 year deal for a guy who played his first full season in the NHL as a 28 year old? i find it hard to believe there was a bidding war for his services at that price, or term.
bryan mcabe and pavel kubina are bargains when compared to finger. why are the leafs crying about paying the salaries of mcabe and kubina, then going out and giving a guy who is not even half as talented as either of them a huge deal.
if the leafs are trying to go out and get tavares or hedman in next year's draft, then why throw good money away on these type of players?
Plyrs99
what the hell are the leafs smoking? $3.5 mill per on a 4 year deal for a guy who played his first full season in the NHL as a 28 year old? i find it hard to believe there was a bidding war for his services at that price, or term.
bryan mcabe and pavel kubina are bargains when compared to finger. why are the leafs crying about paying the salaries of mcabe and kubina, then going out and giving a guy who is not even half as talented as either of them a huge deal.
if the leafs are trying to go out and get tavares or hedman in next year's draft, then why throw good money away on these type of players?
Plyrs99
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GlavaMan
Cliff gives Leaf fans the finger !!
way too much, Buds overpaid big time. Kurt Suaer signed for $1.75M a year, Finger is worth no more
way too much, Buds overpaid big time. Kurt Suaer signed for $1.75M a year, Finger is worth no more
Funny Guyroch, I was thinking the same thing.
I don't pretend to know that much about hockey but it does beg the question:
If a fellow goes from 475 K to 3.5 mill. and we haven't heard of him is he either a "sleeper" or did the Leafs just drastically overpay?
Champ
I don't pretend to know that much about hockey but it does beg the question:
If a fellow goes from 475 K to 3.5 mill. and we haven't heard of him is he either a "sleeper" or did the Leafs just drastically overpay?
Champ
I'll admit I haven't watched as much hockey lately but I never heard of this guy either.guyroch said:
As far as long term contracts, I think 4 years would be considered medium term. Campbell for 8 years and Redden for 6 are definitely long term.
The other thing that makes me wonder is this. When a team tries to re-sign a player the negotiations seem to go on for months. How come these free agents sign long term complex contracts within hours of when teams are allowed to negotiate with them. Or am I mistaken and they can actually negotiate before July 1st but only sign on July 1st. If not it seems kinda fishy to me.
Jeff fucking Finger for 3.5 million?? All of a sudden Kubina doesn't look so bad now.
Throw in Niklas Hagman at $3 mil/season....these signings are a sign of regression, perhaps for the good!@!!
Throw in Niklas Hagman at $3 mil/season....these signings are a sign of regression, perhaps for the good!@!!
I was at Gretzky's restaurant earlier tonight. I saw Cliff Fletcher having a few drinks with some other brass. He was on his cell phone looking super frustrated.
Everyone was trying to figure out what the problem was. Apparently, Cliff was pissed because he accidentally put an extra zero on Jeff Finger's offer sheet. It was supposed to be for $350,000 per season. That's what you get for letting an old man type up an offer via email!
Everyone was trying to figure out what the problem was. Apparently, Cliff was pissed because he accidentally put an extra zero on Jeff Finger's offer sheet. It was supposed to be for $350,000 per season. That's what you get for letting an old man type up an offer via email!
