It's okay to disagree with me on the Orr and McLaren thing, I see where people are coming from, my perspective, I rather they sign a tough top 6 winger and balance it out and not have two cement hands on the fourth line, the division next year is all speed, need that fourth line to play a bigger role through the 82 games.
- LeafMan

Like who?

That's the rub.

Sign Orr - if you do go with "The LeafMan plan" you can still jettison Orr.

This gives us options.

I addressed it in my latest post above, I want that gritty top six forward to balance it out.
- LeafMan

clarkson would be great.. but costly

clarkson would be great.. but costly
- Dozzer

How Costly?? Like 4.5 Costly or 5.5 Expensive?? Who gets more him or Horton??

No comparison. Thornton is much more skilled then Orr.
- Vukota

Thats a bold statement.

i thought anything up to 999K could go down without a hit?
- Dozzer

From everything I've read, it is minumum salary + $375,000, which apparently this year worked out to $900,000.

So peanuts, yes, but as you know I strive to have all posts here at Hockeybuzz 100% accurate.

How Costly?? Like 4.5 Costly or 5.5 Expensive?? Who gets more him or Horton??
- Byfuglien Ate Me

supply and demand market right?

and i expect the market demand for him will be very high. horton too.

Like who?

That's the rub.

Sign Orr - if you do go with "The LeafMan plan" you can still jettison Orr.

This gives us options.
- Atomic Wedgie

Clarkson would be my first choice, that extra million they gave Orr, I would have used negotiating for the player, Orr did not need to be signed so early, Again just my opinion.

k we have blacker who cares
- Mapleleafs_91

How Costly?? Like 4.5 Costly or 5.5 Expensive?? Who gets more him or Horton??
- Byfuglien Ate Me

I'd rather pay Horton

id personally go with clarkson over horton ... horton seems to get injured to much

Too much for Orr but important to resign him. He's learning to be the Shaun Thornton of the Leafs.

It will be interesting to see if UFA's stop not signing with the Leafs now that they made the playoffs and seem to be trending upwards. If they do, they need size and grit up front and size and puck movers on the back end just like everyone else.

The bidding wars are going to be stupid. Look for more trades than usual and more guys not signing until late in the summer for Vokoun like money.
- therealagent

I'd say that it's on par. Look at Parros' contract which is about the same thing.

Clarkson would be my first choice, that extra million they gave Orr, I would have used negotiating for the player, Orr did not need to be signed so early, Again just my opinion.
- LeafMan

The extra million they gave Orr has absolutely no relevance to Clarkson.

If they sign Clarkson and decide there is no room for Orr, they send Orr to the Marlies. His cap hit would be about $75,000 a year.

Hell, Orr might not even clear waivers.

- BestRapperAlive

We never play our youth, so we never know what they are capable of, which is really sad. Blacker has been down in the AHL for a while now, i think its time we give him a chance and use our RFA gunner as trade bait. And since Carlyle has a fetish for left handed defenders playing the left and right handed defenders playing the right, i think blacker should be given a shot since he is indeed a right handed defender that could fill a spot on the 3rd pairing of defense which we don't have alot of right handed defenders in our system

The extra million they gave Orr has absolutely no relevance to Clarkson.

If they sign Clarkson and decide there is no room for Orr, they send Orr to the Marlies. His cap hit would be about $75,000 a year.

Hell, Orr might not even clear waivers.
- Atomic Wedgie

you do know we have to still have a 23 man roster Orr will be a healthy scratch

From everything I've read, it is minumum salary + $375,000, which apparently this year worked out to $900,000.

So peanuts, yes, but as you know I strive to have all posts here at Hockeybuzz 100% accurate.
- Atomic Wedgie

ahhh yes you are right

however min. salary this year is $550K + $375K = $925K which just so happens to be Orr's salary

Nonis didnt pick that number out of a hat apparantley

ahhh yes you are right

however min. salary this year is $550K + $375K = $925K which just so happens to be Orr's salary

Nonis didnt pick that number out of a hat apparantley
- Dozzer

Ha ha ha - too funny! I think you have solved the mystery of how they came up with the number.

And my bad: I had it in my head he was $975,000 per year.

Nonis is a jeeeeen-yussss.

Ha ha ha - too funny! I think you have solved the mystery of how they came up with the number.

And my bad: I had it in my head he was $975,000 per year.

Nonis is a jeeeeen-yussss.
- Atomic Wedgie

Lets not call him a genius yet, until he starts pulling some burke magic tricks(hopefully he got a few pointers when he was with him), then we can call him a genius

Lets not call him a genius yet, until he starts pulling some burke magic tricks(hopefully he got a few pointers when he was with him), then we can call him a genius
- Mapleleafs_91

For the record, I called him a jeeeeeeen-yussssss.

For the record, I called him a jeeeeeeen-yussssss.
- Atomic Wedgie

He better do something this summer

Ha ha ha - too funny! I think you have solved the mystery of how they came up with the number.

And my bad: I had it in my head he was $975,000 per year.

Nonis is a jeeeeen-yussss.
- Atomic Wedgie

well it certainly should make the opponents of the signing feel better. knowing full well that orr could be dropped and be completely wiped from the cap if he doesnt work out.

i expect mcclaren will be looking at something around 700K.. the qualifying offer for him this year is $660K

For the record, I called him a jeeeeeeen-yussssss.
- Atomic Wedgie

billie jeeeeeeen-yussssss!!

.......


too far?

He better do something this summer
- Mapleleafs_91

Like pickup Luongo!?

I'd rather pay Horton
- robin_steele264

No thanks.

With his concussion history and what looks to be a weak-ass shoulder, not interested in paying him $5M+.

i thought anything up to 999K could go down without a hit?
- Dozzer

I think it's 950k

Like pickup Luongo!?
- Colin Dambrauskas

Id rather take lecavaliers contract with something tangible, solves 1 of our major problems