Islanders Claim Joe Finley off Waivers from Sabres

[pesadillamal]

Originally Posted by papas1175

Im not worried. Rangers arent that tough fighting wise but their a gritty team. The point of hockey is to win the game. Not match teams by one on one fights. We have asham rupp bickel to take on legit fighters. Haley is a great call up if we need him for the rough stuff. Sather isnt scared to add a heavy if rupp cant handle it. Going to be a fun year

Well now that we are clear on that I am ready for the season.

That fact that the Islanders have better fighters could effect the outcome of the game first of all. Carkner knows how to intimidate and a date with Rupp will only embolden him. If the Isles play all of these guys they could cause the Rangers to lose composure if they play the game right. The Rangers won't back down, but they won't dictate play like they want to. Haley would help but the Rangers would have to get some good match ups to enforce their will.

Second, we don't know who Torts will play. I think Bickel will play but are we sure? The Isles pretty much need to play these guys right now. And Sather could do what he wants but Torts would have to play whoever he gets. Yes he played Scott when he thought we had the conference wrapped up but I don't see that happening again. They just let the best fighter in the game pass waivers so I don't think they are looking.

[nyislesfan45]

Originally Posted by GOON 21

Ok technically your right, my mistake

Dahaan is hurt, Reinhart is in JRrs, Wishart is barley NHL level and Martinek body is like a bag of potatoe chips (dude is always hurt and i mean ALWAYS hurt!) They are NOT deep at the position

Bottom line they need the guy and could use him right now, they really could

Another reason to be happy, Wishart was waived today to make room for Finley .

[IhateLindros]

Originally Posted by Ciccarelli

The Islanders have de Haan and Donovan and signed Martinek, with Streit, Hamonic, McDonald, Carkner eventually Wishart and Reinhart they have enough d-men.

DeHaan is out for the season. The four D-men I was referring to were MacDonald, Striet, Hamonic aand Carkner. Donovan was not invited to camp, Wishart has been waived and Reinhart is nowhere near ready to play in hte NHL.

They signed Martinek and now Finley. Now they have 6.

[IhateLindros]

Originally Posted by nyislesfan45

They only have Carkner, Streit, McDonald, Hamonic and Martinek as guarantees. DeHaan is out for the year, Donovan wasn't called up (he's Bport's number one), Wishart stinks and Reinhart shouldn't be playing in the NHL this year. Jon Landry has a better chance of staying up than Wishart. Hence, the reasoning of why Finley has the best chance of playing here. It's the worst defense in the NHL with or without Finley...might as well keep the size.

Love how this guy was seriously doubting what Ive been saying. WTF man, like i dont know what im talking about??? Seriously?

[ThrowdownSJ408]

the isles should have gone after jim vandermeer

[Ciccarelli]

Didn't know about deHaan's injury. Donovan will definitely get a call up IMO, he can play in the NHL, Reinhart will attend camp if I'm not wrong (?), and who knows maybe if he shows he is somehow ready he could stay...remember that this is a short season, maybe the Islanders think he is ready for 48 games.

[bupz91]

Jeez, Islanders keep getting tougher.

[shaud19]

When the Sabres got Finlay he was thought to be a future of the team. Guess not. I remember there was some discussions about his character because of this scrum:

UND Fighting Sioux v Minnesota Gophers - End of...

[chilly666]

wrong...there were discussions about his character after his drunken lawn mower throwing episode while at north dakota.

finley wasn't even on the ice for that incident.........

[JKidd]

Originally Posted by shaud19

When the Sabres got Finlay he was thought to be a future of the team. Guess not. I remember there was some discussions about his character because of this scrum:


UND Fighting Sioux v Minnesota Gophers - End of Game Scrum - YouTube

Trust me, there were a lot of things that called into question Fin's character, but this wasn't one of them. A lot of teams like the passion and nastyness a 6'8 blue liner showed during his time with UND.

He's got an issue with the sauce and injury concerns on top of character concerns.

[IhateLindros]

Originally Posted by Ciccarelli

Didn't know about deHaan's injury. Donovan will definitely get a call up IMO, he can play in the NHL, Reinhart will attend camp if I'm not wrong (?), and who knows maybe if he shows he is somehow ready he could stay...remember that this is a short season, maybe the Islanders think he is ready for 48 games.

Ummm...Reinhart should be nowhere near this team come opening night. If they wanna try him out for 5 games so be it. But he is far from ready for this. He needs to be back in Edmonton.

[I_am_Belak_2]

Originally Posted by chilly666

wrong...there were discussions about his character after his drunken lawn mower throwing episode while at north dakota.

finley wasn't even on the ice for that incident.........

???

He went after Wheeler during the handshake.

[ValJamesRules]

Originally Posted by I_am_Belak_2

???

He went after Wheeler during the handshake.

Yup, he was part of the handshake scrum. It clearly is him. Everybody was on the ice.

[Jack Schitt]

Originally Posted by shaud19

When the Sabres got Finlay he was thought to be a future of the team. Guess not. I remember there was some discussions about his character because of this scrum:


UND Fighting Sioux v Minnesota Gophers - End of Game Scrum - YouTube

I don't ever recall hearing the name Joe Finley, and the phrase "future of the team" in the same sentence.

[pmcginty]

Originally Posted by shaud19

When the Sabres got Finlay he was thought to be a future of the team. Guess not. I remember there was some discussions about his character because of this scrum:


UND Fighting Sioux v Minnesota Gophers - End of Game Scrum - YouTube

that was a scrum and nothing more! if anything that showed he actually had 'character'. man, you are a vag.