SBN's very own Pension Plan Puppets apparently has designs on taking my day job:

After some back and forth with a PR company and Pat's agent the initial e-mail interview morphed into a phone interview. Like any good pretend journalist I purchased a digital recorder, the accompanying cords, and then saw the best laid plans of mice and men shattered. Luckily, I took tonnes of notes. I tried to copy down as many direct quotes as possible. As for the rest, I'll try to present the thoughts and issues that Pat Quinn raised less the "umms" and "uhhhs" and other nervy time-killers that I stammered out while trying not to gush out how much I loved his time with the Leafs and about what a raw deal he got from JFJ.

... a huge thank you to Pat Quinn for agreeing to speak to me even after confirming that I was a blogger and for doing the interview by phone so that I could stay in my pyjamas in my mother's basement.

Quinn has some solid thoughts on working with the Toronto media, too, and some advice for Luke Schenn.