An excerpt from SI.com (Allan Muir):

We can’t say there won’t be a more shocking contract offered than the one signed on Tuesday by no-name defenseman Jeff Finger, but it’s going to be a tough act to follow.

Four years, $14 million. That’s what the Leafs, surely bidding only against themselves, offered a 28-year-old former ECHLer with one NHL season to his credit.

Oh, and this was a player deemed so valuable by his former employers, the Colorado Avalanche, that he was relegated to the press box for five of the team’s 10 postseason games.

Habster:

Just when you think the Leafs are cleaning house and trying to make smart moves to improve their roster, they make a truly bone head signing like Jeff Finger (4 years/ $14 million)……….I think Cliff has spent too much time in the sun!!!!