David Clarkson - Signs with Maple Leafs

[Screwball]

Per TSN. 7 Year deal. 

Financials to come.  The term worries me on this one.

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[Fanatic]

details coming

 

[Deebo]

Just north of 5M per Ken Campbell.

 

[Fanatic]

36.75 over 7 years

 

[Deebo]

5.25 AAV

 

[Beowulf]

Way too long and expensive.

 

[maplesyrup]

36.75 over 7 years

About 1 mil. more per than I was hoping for at about 1-2 years too long. Ah well, I love the player. 

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

36.75 over 7 years

So less than Clowe? Awesome.

 

[Kin]

I don't love the term or the price but....you know if you'd ask me what my ideal addition to the Leafs would be outside of a top center I'd have said a winger who adds genuine physicality and can score some gritty goals. If Clarkson can do that I can live with it, I suppose.

 

[L K]

5.25  that's a lot of money for a guy with 40 goals in a 100 game stretch (2012 + first 20 games of 2013) and 57 in the remaining 326 of his career.  Here's hoping he can reproduce the goal scoring numbers of that 100 game stretch.

 

[Joe S.]

I don't love the term or the price but....you know if you'd ask me what my ideal addition to the Leafs would be outside of a top center I'd have said a winger who adds genuine physicality and can score some gritty goals. If Clarkson can do that I can live with it, I suppose.

I just like that you used the word 'physicality'.

 

[bustaheims]

36.75 over 7 years

So less than Clowe? Awesome.

$400K more per than Clowe.

 

[LittleHockeyFan]

who is this guy? Never heard of him before :-\  worth losing Grabo over? Possibly Bozak?

 

[bustaheims]

DarrenDreger: 7 years, $36.75 for Clarkson and Leafs. Ltd no-trade and no-move clause.

 

[bustaheims]

who is this guy? Never heard of him before :-\  worth losing Grabo over? Possibly Bozak?

Bozak signed about half an hour ago, but, no, I'd say he's not worth sacrificing Grabovski for.

 

[Kin]

I don't love the term or the price but....you know if you'd ask me what my ideal addition to the Leafs would be outside of a top center I'd have said a winger who adds genuine physicality and can score some gritty goals. If Clarkson can do that I can live with it, I suppose.

I just like that you used the word 'physicality'.

I'm growing as a person.

 

[Chev-boyar-sky]

I'd say 1-1.25M more than I'd like and 2 years too long.

Love the player though so, I think we can live with it. I'd check comparables like Hartnell, Lucic and Clowe.

Seems a bit high, but it's the UFA market so that's to be expected.

Right player for this team. Overall, I'm pretty happy.

 

[maplesyrup]

Like I said in the other thread, his goal totals are a secondary thing for me. - I'm far more interested in Wins and I think Clarkson is a big help to that end.

 

[bustaheims]

Like I said in the other thread, his goal totals are a secondary thing for me. - I'm far more interested in Wins and I think Clarkson is a big help to that end.

You know what really helps win games more than anything other than goaltending? Goals.

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

36.75 over 7 years

So less than Clowe? Awesome.

$400K more per than Clowe.

My mistake, the signings are all over the place. I thought he signed for 5.3 AAV