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Komarov would be an excellent upgrade on Clarkson, but unfortunately, that's not going to happen.

So, if he was back here, it would likely be as a fourth liner. Which is why he won't be coming back here.
 
To be fair, Clarkson played a pretty good game against the Canucks. He was a beast on the boards, keeping the puck in behind the Canucks net.

i don't think he's and upgrade on Clarkson. The contract is another story.
 
I don't believe we've seen the real David Clarkson yet.

He's shown flashes of being an important player. I have a tough time believing he's just this totally ineffective bottom six player. Worst case scenario, if this is the best we'll see from him, I'm still okay with him on the third line. He's an expensive third liner, but the cap will rise up sufficiently each year to lessen the impact of the high salary.
 
LeafGm said:
Komarov would be an excellent upgrade on Clarkson, but unfortunately, that's not going to happen.

So, if he was back here, it would likely be as a fourth liner. Which is why he won't be coming back here.
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Right now the top wingers are (JVR, Kessel, Lupul, Kulemin, Raymond, Clarkson) The only guy I could see him replacing is one of Raymond or Kulemin if they're traded, other then that yea he'd be banished to the 4th line.
 
Clarkson's not skilled enough to ever be a contributor in our top-6. The guy cannot complete a pass to save his life, and has the hockey sense of a door knob. He is what he is.
 
Wayward DP said:
Clarkson's not skilled enough to ever be a contributor in our top-6. The guy cannot complete a pass to save his life, and has the hockey sense of a door knob. He is what he is.
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Agreed, I'm just not seeing the hype with this guy but he's here for the long haul.
 
clarkson's alright. not worth the contract, but he does some good work on the perimeter, he CAN work the cycle, and he makes some good plays in the d-zone that get overlooked. he doesn't puss out on the boards, he clears the puck responsibly, and he makes a lot of good subtle reads to break up passes, or prevent scoring chances.

but, his inabilitiy to pass the puck really kills his value.

he works well with a guy like kovalchuk who always has teh puck anyways so he could stay off the puck and just go to the net. thing is, the leafs don't play like that.
 
When Bolland comes back, a Raymond-Bolland-Clarkson 3rd line will be just fine. I don't want Clarkson in the top six. As good as Kuly was at center, he was just as good on the Kadri line. Helped out a lot there.
 
Not that i advocate splitting our first line, but i'd be interested to see how he would do on a line with Kessel for 10 games.
 
Park him infront of the net for a Kessel wrister. Park his ass infront of the goalie.

Believe me, the last thing i want to do right now is split that 1st line.
 
regardless, i've actually like the Clarkson we've seen the last few games.

Not completely useless. He plays on my fav team, so f*ck anyone who chirps him.

homerism at its best.
 
I think suggesting that we take JVR off Kessel's line in favour of Clarkson, and doing it so that Clarkson can try his hand at something that JVR is better at than any Leaf I've seen in years (going to net, screening, deflecting shots) deserves no other response than this:

[video=youtube;5hfYJsQAhl0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfYJsQAhl0[/video]
 
Seriously though, I understand wanting to put him in a position to prove that there is in fact some way he can contribute at an above-average level, but putting him with Kessel isn't it. I don't think putting him with Kadri is either. Whenever he's been on that line with Lupul and Kadri, he just doesn't fit. Both Raymond, and particularly Nikolai Kulemin have looked much better on that line.

But the "last resort" for Clarkson is also the most interesting one. Raymond/Kulemin - Bolland - Clarkson could be a very good, two-way, pain-in-the-ass third line.
 
I don't mind Clarkson on the Kadri line, because it will probably work offensively eventually, and I don't like Clarkson on any type of "checking" line. He's far too slow to be effective in that role.
 
Leafin' said:
Not that i advocate splitting our first line, but i'd be interested to see how he would do on a line with Kessel for 10 games.
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It'd be interesting in that Clarkson is strong on the boards and would do the dirty work for Kessel, but the big problem I think would be Clarkson not being able to keep up to Kessel/Bozak's speed, he would ultimately slow that line down. Say what you want about JVR's lack of vision but the dude can fly out there and he's also strong along the wall as well, no need to take him off the 1st line.
 
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