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I don't know why people keep talking about 2nd/3rd liner David Clarkson.

28yrs: 41gms, 13gls, 21pts, 17:59 (82gms, 26gls, 42pts)
27yrs: 80gms, 30gls, 46pts, 16:22 (82gms, 31gls, 47pts)
26yrs: 82gms, 12gls, 18pts, 13:37 (82gms, 12gls, 18pts)
25yrs: 46gms, 11gls, 24pts, 14:27 (82gms, 20gls, 43pts)
24yrs: 82gms, 17gls, 32pts, 12:03 (82gms, 17gls, 32pts)
23yrs: 81gms, 9gls, 22pts, 12:02 (82gms, 9gls, 22pts)


there's much better UFAs than that out there.

Ribeiro
Elias
Iginla
Streit
Horton
Ryder
Roy
Gonchar
Jagr/Selanne/Alfie

and in Clarkson's category:

Bozak
Brunner
Stalberg
Dupuis
Cullen
Raymond
Bouchard
MacArthur
Filppula
Antropov
Morrow
McDonald
Zidlicky
Clowe
Torres
 
Not against amnestying him but would prefer to wait until next summer unless we can get a large upgrade this offseason. See what we have in colborn next season before making a move.
 
zeke said:
I don't know why people keep talking about 2nd/3rd liner David Clarkson.

28yrs: 41gms, 13gls, 21pts, 17:59 (82gms, 26gls, 42pts)
27yrs: 80gms, 30gls, 46pts, 16:22 (82gms, 31gls, 47pts)
26yrs: 82gms, 12gls, 18pts, 13:37 (82gms, 12gls, 18pts)
25yrs: 46gms, 11gls, 24pts, 14:27 (82gms, 20gls, 43pts)
24yrs: 82gms, 17gls, 32pts, 12:03 (82gms, 17gls, 32pts)
23yrs: 81gms, 9gls, 22pts, 12:02 (82gms, 9gls, 22pts)


there's much better UFAs than that out there.

Ribeiro
Elias
Iginla
Streit
Horton
Ryder
Roy
Gonchar
Jagr/Selanne/Alfie

and in Clarkson's category:

Bozak
Brunner
Stalberg
Dupuis
Cullen
Raymond
Bouchard
MacArthur
Filppula
Antropov
Morrow
McDonald
Zidlicky
Clowe
Torres
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Without really looking at any numbers, this is a name that jumps out at me. He's only 27.
 
Bozak has to compete with Ribeiro, Roy, Cullen, Bouchard, Antropov, Filppula, McDonald on the center market.

last 2yrs:

M.Ribeiro (33): 117gms, 30gls, 106pts, 19:20 (82gms, 21gls, 74pts)
A.McDonald (36): 56gms, 15gls, 39pts, 17:55 (82gms, 22gls, 57pts)
V.Filppula (29): 117gms, 30gls, 81pts, 18:05 (82gms, 21gls, 57pts)
T.Bozak (27): 116gms, 30gls, 73pts, 19:30 (82gms, 21gls, 52pts)
S.Weiss (30): 97gms, 21gls, 61pts, 20:05 (82gms, 18gls, 52pts)
D.Roy (30): 117gms, 22gls, 69pts, 19:05 (82gsms, 15gls, 48pts)
M.Cullen (37): 110gms, 21gls, 61pts, 17:55 (82gms, 16gls, 46pts)
P.Bouchard (29): 75gms, 15gls, 40pts, 15:00 (82gms, 16gls, 44pts)
N.Antropov (33): 107gms, 20gls, 51pts, 16:15 (82gms, 15gls, 39pts)
 
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Save the cap dollars for next year when you need to resign Kessel & The Caveman. If Grabbo is still sucking it up, amnesty him then. The worst thing we could do is amnesty Grabbo and sign someone less effective with the money and be locked in longer with no chance of an anmesty to bail us out.
 
zeke said:
Bozak has to compete with Ribeiro, Roy, Cullen, Bouchard, Antropov, Filppula, McDonald on the center market.

last 2yrs:

M.Ribeiro (33): 117gms, 30gls, 106pts, 19:20 (82gms, 21gls, 74pts)
A.McDonald (36): 56gms, 15gls, 39pts, 17:55 (82gms, 22gls, 57pts)
V.Filppula (29): 117gms, 30gls, 81pts, 18:05 (82gms, 21gls, 57pts)
T.Bozak (27): 116gms, 30gls, 73pts, 19:30 (82gms, 21gls, 52pts)
D.Roy (30): 117gms, 22gls, 69pts, 19:05 (82gsms, 15gls, 48pts)
M.Cullen (37): 110gms, 21gls, 61pts, 17:55 (82gms, 16gls, 46pts)
P.Bouchard (29): 75gms, 15gls, 40pts, 15:00 (82gms, 16gls, 44pts)
N.Antropov (33): 107gms, 20gls, 51pts, 16:15 (82gms, 15gls, 39pts)
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Can you throw PPTOI in there?
 
MapleLeafBlueJayBoy said:
I did not realize we had the ability to amnesty after next season as well.

I would give Grabo one more year to figure it out.
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I think you explore the shit out of the trade market before the amnesty deadline, and if you come up empty on an upgrade, yeah you keep Grabo and hope he can get over this condition and get back to being the solid 2nd line centre that he's turned himself into.
 
leafman101 said:
Go after Elias. He can't win a faceoff to save his life, but you won't find a better center than that.
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That however, as a short term solution, isn't bad. He's still extremely skilled...comes with all that veteran leadership and cup winning experience....
 
Clarkson is more of a style need for the Leafs more than anything else. He's a bigger guy, who forechecks well, who helps maintain/win possession and he's talented enough to play on a top 2 line. There are more talented guys available, but he fills a need for the Leafs more than most of the potential UFA's.

But he's worth it up to a certain cost of course.
 
PlayerToBeNamedLater said:
Clarkson is more of a style need for the Leafs more than anything else. He's a bigger guy, who forechecks well, who helps maintain/win possession and he's talented enough to play on a top 2 line. There are more talented guys available, but he fills a need for the Leafs more than most of the potential UFA's.

But he's worth it up to a certain cost of course.
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Don't pay for intangibles in free agency....and someone will be paying for them in Clarkson. He would be a nice add to the top 9, but that's the kind of guy we can overpay on when the cap is 72+ million and a bunch of teams are running into internal budgets lower than the cap.
 
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