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MindzEye said:
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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What he brings is tangible though. 2nd line offensive production + increased possession -- for a team who doesn't maintain possession nearly enough.
 
The offense isn't consistent enough to overpay for him in free agency though. Thats a contract you'll regret.

IMO the key to free agency is to spend on top line talent or bargain hunt. Anything in the middle is usually a waste.

If you are really interested in possession go after Jagr. He is way better than Clarkson, and won't carry the term Clarkson will.
 
I don't remember where I heard it, but I remember years ago someone saying they lived on the same street as Clarkson and he wanted to play here really badly.

Its not the money I'm worried about with those guys though, its the term. I don't want a guy like that on the books for 4-5-6 years.
 
Metalleaf said:
I'd take Clarkson as a replacement for MacArthur...probably for similar money.
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Yeah, that's fair. I dig Mac, but he's a great body to have if he's cheap....but as soon as he starts going for north of 3.5 million, it's time to let him move along.
 
zeke said:
exactly the player to avoid this offseason.

colby armstrong redux.
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Well, except Clarkson is actually tough, hits, hard to deal with along the boards, etc. He's everything Colby Armstrong was supposed to be.

With that said...I don't know how far north of 4 millie I'd be comfortable with. Not very far.
 
Clarkson is a CORSI dream.

He has the best rel corsi on a Devils team that is one of the best possession teams in the league.

Maybe I'm blinded by that...but he's exactly the type of player the Leafs need. And he's a good Toronto boy.
 
he's a corsi dream this year, but has never been before.

12-13 18.2
11-12 3.1
10-11 -0.5
09-10 -9.1
08-09 -6.0
07-08 -5.0
 
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Would love to bring a player like clarkson on... a tough player who can actually play a top 9 role is something we have not had in a while.

With that said they are also the type of player that gets consistently overpaid.
 
I wouldn't touch Elias with a 10 foot pole. He's going to fall off the cliff any day and take the slippery slope to retirement.

Clarkson .... meh, if you get a guy like that at a reasonable contract (i.e., south of $2.5M), great. But someone is going to give him a stupid contract and I'm not sure we need that on our forward lines. He's just not talented enough to justify either a contract or the ice time.
 
zeke said:
he's a corsi dream this year, but has never been before.

12-13 17.7
11-12 3.1
10-11 -0.5
09-10 -9.1
08-09 -6.0
07-08 -5.0
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That is true. You'd have to hope this year and to some extent last year, hold up.

Thing is, Clarkson's quality of teammates was pretty poor in those minus years. Once he played with better players on a top 2 line, his numbers shot way up.
 
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