Well to start out I would like to say that the journy has just started with young Craig Finley just finishing up his rookie season. But why stop there. Firstly there has been a matter of his first season and how well of a season he had. When young Craig set out on his journey he wanted to shine bright and show everyone that he was the real deal by winning the Jester Trophy. While playing 50 games he put up a stat line of 6 goals and 26 assists. 32 points is not an easy thing to accomplish in the SHL but he did it while being a defenseman. Secondly, as everyone sets out to accomplish young Craig wants his name etched on the Four Star Cup. He wants to win the cup. And with the young team that he plays with day in and day out its only a matter of time until that dream becomes reality.

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So the Manhattan Rage were unable to make it to the playoffs and win the ultimate prize of winning the Four Star Cup which is unfortunate, but with every door being slamed shut its not hard for young Craig Finley to find another door to open up. With all the playoff teams working hard to still compete to win the cup, that leaves plenty of time for the players that who were already eliminated from the dance or those who failed to make it at all for them to train, rest, or take vacations to places they cant due to the hard life of a hockey player. And while vacationing with the fam bam or taking a hiking trip overseas sounds like a relaxing way to reset, Craig has never had that mindset. He loves working on his game, and views it as a way to get away from the world so long answer short he loves the life of the SHL hockey player and if you love something why dont you keep playing the game you love.

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So iv been thinking about this question for a while and it just dawned upon me. The reason the Manhattan Rage havnt wont the cup or even made it to the dance is not because of the lack of high end fire power or a true number one defenseman but because of age and lack of experience. The Rage have everything they need to make a deep run in the playoffs and win the Four Star Cup, but the thing is they lack the experience of playing at the high level of the SHL. I whole heartily believe that the Rage of the last few years are not the same Manhattan team that the league has grown accustomed to seeing as the bottom feeding team that many view us as. With every day that goes by that means that the young stars such as Dekens, Winters, Macintyre, Aittokallio, and of course Finley are only going to get better and eventually lead us to the promise land of raising the Four Star Cup.