from DGB:

Since terrible free-agency contracts are fun and we didn’t get all that many this year, this week’s obscure player is one of the worst free-agent signings of all time: defenseman Jeff Finger.

Oh, there have been worse contracts, like Wade Redden, or Bobby Holik, or Chris Drury, or … well, pretty much anyone the Rangers sign. But none of those guys could be considered obscure. Jeff Finger was obscure. So obscure that most fans had never heard of him on June 30, 2008; after all, the 26-year-old Avalanche defenseman had only played two seasons and 94 career games to that point. But the next day, the Maple Leafs gave him a four-year deal that paid him $3.5 million per season, and suddenly everyone was scrambling to figure out who this guy was.

Depending on who you believe, that may or may not have included the Maple Leafs. One story that made the rounds at the time was that, based on comments made by GM Cliff Fletcher and coach Ron Wilson, the Leafs had actually confused Finger with teammate Kurt Sauer, a much more proven player. Another story had the Leafs meaning to offer Finger four years at $3.5 million total, but screwing up the paperwork and ending up owing him that much every season.

Both stories are almost certainly apocryphal — even the Maple Leafs couldn’t be that dumb. But the rumors were funny, and they helped Toronto fans make sense of what seemed like an indefensible signing (and get through the inevitable wave of newspaper headline puns about the team giving its fans the finger).

Finger only played one full season in Toronto. By midway through the 2009-10 season he was watching most of the games from the press box, and he spent the last two years of the deal in the minors. The Maple Leafs got a grand total of 105 games from the Jeff Finger era, for which they paid him $14 million.
- number_23

This is gonna be tough...

This is gonna be tough...

This is gonna be tough...
- Pecafan Fan

Game over.
You cannot lose your serve in the first game when it is your main strenght. Because let's face it, the rest of his game is pretty average.

Fesse premiere pour ensuite faire des OooooOOOOooooOOOooo !
- WaterBoy

J'men fais au Lac la semaine prochaine Mes parents ont loué un chalet à Dolbeau. Fait un sacré bail que j'suis pas allé dans le coin. Jamais vu le nouveau parc.
- EssuieToutJeune

Hé c'est ma ville natale (oui je sais je sors d'où moi ?)

La plus belle place place dans ce coin là c'est Vauvert. Super belles plages de sable fin sur le bord du Lac.

Scusez le "lurker".

This is gonna be tough...
- Pecafan Fan

Early break for Fed

from DGB:

Since terrible free-agency contracts are fun and we didn’t get all that many this year, this week’s obscure player is one of the worst free-agent signings of all time: defenseman Jeff Finger.

Oh, there have been worse contracts, like Wade Redden, or Bobby Holik, or Chris Drury, or … well, pretty much anyone the Rangers sign. But none of those guys could be considered obscure. Jeff Finger was obscure. So obscure that most fans had never heard of him on June 30, 2008; after all, the 26-year-old Avalanche defenseman had only played two seasons and 94 career games to that point. But the next day, the Maple Leafs gave him a four-year deal that paid him $3.5 million per season, and suddenly everyone was scrambling to figure out who this guy was.

Depending on who you believe, that may or may not have included the Maple Leafs. One story that made the rounds at the time was that, based on comments made by GM Cliff Fletcher and coach Ron Wilson, the Leafs had actually confused Finger with teammate Kurt Sauer, a much more proven player. Another story had the Leafs meaning to offer Finger four years at $3.5 million total, but screwing up the paperwork and ending up owing him that much every season.

Both stories are almost certainly apocryphal — even the Maple Leafs couldn’t be that dumb. But the rumors were funny, and they helped Toronto fans make sense of what seemed like an indefensible signing (and get through the inevitable wave of newspaper headline puns about the team giving its fans the finger).

Finger only played one full season in Toronto. By midway through the 2009-10 season he was watching most of the games from the press box, and he spent the last two years of the deal in the minors. The Maple Leafs got a grand total of 105 games from the Jeff Finger era, for which they paid him $14 million.
- number_23

This is gonna be tough...
- Pecafan Fan

early whooping?

Game over.
You cannot lose your serve in the first game when it is your main strenght. Because let's face it, the rest of his game is pretty average.
- fidopro

Effectivement, une chance qu'il a un boulet comme service car le reste de son jeu est très ordinaire. Y semble incapable de faire un coup droit décroisé.

early whooping?
- hamiltonhabfan

It's not over.

Hé c'est ma ville natale (oui je sais je sors d'où moi ?)

La plus belle place place dans ce coin là c'est Vauvert. Super belles plages de sable fin sur le bord du Lac.

Scusez le "lurker".
- Popofjc

Apparemment tu sors de Dolbeau.

Effectivement, une chance qu'il a un boulet comme service car le reste de son jeu est très ordinaire. Y semble incapable de faire un coup droit décroisé.
- Habsody

Il a surtout de la misere avec son revers aujourd'hui. Son coup droit décroisé est habituellement son meilleur coup IMO.

DD is the hardest working Hab, can he be the next captain?

Il a surtout de la misere avec son revers aujourd'hui. Son coup droit décroisé est habituellement son meilleur coup IMO.
- fidopro

Points won 27 Fed- 26 Milos not that bad, I trust Milos has more has in the tank

Points won 27 Fed- 26 Milos not that bad, I trust Milos has more has in the tank
- Fredobbface

His bad start cost him that set.

Points won 27 Fed- 26 Milos not that bad, I trust Milos has more has in the tank
- Fredobbface

Sure, if it goes to 5 sets he has the advantage. But I don't think it will. Federer is not the type of player who beats himself with unforced errors.

His bad start cost him that set.
- Pecafan Fan

Second set will be the most important

Sure, if it goes to 5 sets he has the advantage. But I don't think it will. Federer is not the type of player who beats himself with unforced errors.
- fidopro

No but Milos can easily bring this to tie break with his serve anything goes

DD is the hardest working Hab, can he be the next captain?
- Garnie

Do you think Komarov will be the captain once they find a way to get rid of Phanoof ?

No but Milos can easily bring this to tie break with his serve anything goes
- Fredobbface

Absolutely. His only chance.

ALLEZ LES BLEUS!!!

Absolutely. His only chance.

ALLEZ LES BLEUS!!!
- fidopro

eux-autres aussi ca va mal!

eux-autres aussi ca va mal!
- Pecafan Fan

Yeah, GRM is favorite to win this one I think

eux-autres aussi ca va mal!
- Pecafan Fan

Ils ont déjà fait pas mal mieux qu'au dernier mundial

His bad start cost him that set.
- Pecafan Fan

He looked very nervous to start.