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# 2009-2010 Jeff Finger
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2009-2010-jeff-finger/
- Published: 2010-06-11T14:44:08.000Z
- Updated: 2010-06-11T14:44:08.000Z
- Author: Julian Sanchez
- Tags: #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:15

*From Beauchemin to Stalberg, we're taking a look at and grading (please read the criteria below) the 2009-10 season for every player who laced 'em up for the Maple Leafs for a significant number of games during the campaign, with an eye towards 2010-11\. That means only guys that are still property of the Maple Leafs. We're doing this in concert with Maple Leafs Hot Stove. Next up, *Jeff Finger* the wildly unpopular cap anchor.*

![](http://cdn0.sbnation.com/player_photos/l.nhl.com/xt.fss.l.nhl.com-p.1710.gif)

## [Jeff Finger](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54282/Jeff%5FFinger?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

#### #4 / Defenseman / [Toronto Maple Leafs](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/TOR?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) 

Height: 6-1

Weight: 205

Born: Dec 18, 1979

Years in the NHL: 4

Became a Leaf: [Signed July 1, 2008](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/perhaps-fletcher-isn-t-the/) in a truly baffling deal.

[Contract Status](http://www.capgeek.com/players/display.php?id=185&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com): 2 more years in a 4 year deal; $3.5M cap hit

|                                                                                                          | GP | G | A | P  | +/-  | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | PCT |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -- | - | - | -- | ---- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 - [Jeff Finger](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54282/Jeff%5FFinger?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) | 39 | 2 | 8 | 10 | \-11 | 20  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 29  | 6.9 |

**Today's Maple Leaf Hot Stove's turn. Alec Brownscombe will be taking the reins.**

A former 1999 eighth round pick, Jeff Finger came to the Leafs via unrestricted free agency as a 29-year-old who was skating in the ECHL the last time Toronto made the playoffs. After his first steady NHL season with Colorado in ‘07-08, Cliff Fletcher rolled the dice on a $3 million-per-year raise for the journeyman that will cost the Leafs 3.5 million against the cap annually until 2012\. Fletcher obviously thought there was a lot more to come from Finger in his late development as a two-way defenceman, but let’s just say on that fateful day in July, 2008, the optics weren’t good.

**Read the [Full Profile at Maple Leafs Hot Stove](http://mapleleafshotstove.com/2010/06/11/09-10-player-reviews-jeff-finger/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) and come over the jump for more.**

**Audience Participation**

Rate Finger below on a scale of 1-10 (10 being the best) based on his performance **relative to his potential and your expectations** for the season - if he had the best year you could have imagined him having, give him a 10; if he more or less played as you expected he would, give him a 5 or a 6; if he had the worst year you could have imagined him having, give him a 1.

**The Discussion**

If you were Brian Burke, how do you approach Finger’s contract going forward?

Has Finger played his final game in a Maple Leaf jersey?

**Eye-Candy**

### How would you rate Jeff Finger's 2009-2010 season?

| 1  | 108 |
| -- | --- |
| 2  | 75  |
| 3  | 100 |
| 4  | 66  |
| 5  | 43  |
| 6  | 20  |
| 7  | 8   |
| 8  | 0   |
| 9  | 0   |
| 10 | 9   |