Todd Cordell: Columbus Blue Jackets: David Clarkson Done For The Year

horton cursed!

The Guy just has no luck at all.

Hope he can turn it around and become an NHL player again next year.

Good Luck Crazy Eyes Clarkson.

Guy can't catch a break...

Todd Cordell: Columbus Blue Jackets: David Clarkson Done For The Year
- Todd-Cordell

bwahahahahaha


We're cursed I tell ya .......cursed , and also we're at the 400 man games lost to injury mark.

didnt a bunch of guys traded on deadline get hurt... i thought i read like 3 last night
him.... connolly... someone else?

bwahahahahaha


We're cursed I tell ya .......cursed , and also we're at the 400 man games lost to injury mark.
- Alexzanki

good.god.

Clarkson won't get any better. I think he tries hard enough and means well but the game is getting faster and faster and he is getting older and older.

Best case he can be an effective third or fourth liner, probably the latter. But I guess since you are paying the salary that is better than nothing

Columbus may legitimately have been better off keeping Horton.


On one hand, yea, you're paying out of pocket for a guy who isn't playing, and it sucks.

But on the other hand, it's better than paying a guy you wish wasn't playing.

Clarkson won't get any better. I think he tries hard enough and means well but the game is getting faster and faster and he is getting older and older.

Best case he can be an effective third or fourth liner, probably the latter. But I guess since you are paying the salary that is better than nothing
- Rang

Whenever Clarky was at his best in NJ, he was a big difference maker in our lineup. Banging bodies, doing all the little things to wear the opponent down and then score a big goal. He definitely doesn't warrant a contract north of 5 million, but if you were him you would definitely take that any day of the week. The best thing he can do is keep his head down and go to work, he's a heart and soul guy that will help the team anyway possible.

Columbus may legitimately have been better off keeping Horton.


On one hand, yea, you're paying out of pocket for a guy who isn't playing, and it sucks.

But on the other hand, it's better than paying a guy you wish wasn't playing.
- Feeling Glucky?

If Clarkson falls on LTIR and is insured (no doubt ) then it's actually a better trade for us.

Whenever Clarky was at his best in NJ, he was a big difference maker in our lineup. Banging bodies, doing all the little things to wear the opponent down and then score a big goal. He definitely doesn't warrant a contract north of 5 million, but if you were him you would definitely take that any day of the week. The best thing he can do is keep his head down and go to work, he's a heart and soul guy that will help the team anyway possible.
- Rangers_Suck01

Somewhere/Somehow he has lost his mojo. I hope he can get it back but I think the train has left the station

It's hard to figure out whatever happened to this guy! I think when he signed with Toronto the media filled his head with too much Wendel Clark B.S.! Calling him the next Wendel, people calling him Wendel Clarkson. Over time I believe he thought he had to fill Wendel's shoes and fight all the time because that's what he thought the media and fans wanted and it took hom away from the way he normally played the game! It may take a while but he needs to get back to being David Clarkson.... not Wendel Clark!
Hopefully next season for his sake he can finally get back to being a productive hockey player again and regain his form.

If Clarkson falls on LTIR and is insured (no doubt ) then it's actually a better trade for us.
- Alexzanki

Fair enough, but did they have time to insure him?

(I legitimately don't know how insurance works with sports contracts, does it get traded with the player?)

Fair enough, but did they have time to insure him?

(I legitimately don't know how insurance works with sports contracts, does it get traded with the player?)
- Feeling Glucky?

Good question , on http://hfboards.hockeysfu.../showthread.php?t=1848535 some users are saying his contract is insured , but I don't know if they are saying that to do some leafs bashing.

edit: but like you I am clueless to the finer intricacies of contracts beyond NTC's and NMC's .

It's hard to figure out whatever happened to this guy! I think when he signed with Toronto the media filled his head with too much Wendel Clark B.S.! Calling him the next Wendel, people calling him Wendel Clarkson. Over time I believe he thought he had to fill Wendel's shoes and fight all the time because that's what he thought the media and fans wanted and it took hom away from the way he normally played the game! It may take a while but he needs to get back to being David Clarkson.... not Wendel Clark!
Hopefully next season for his sake he can finally get back to being a productive hockey player again and regain his form.
- NewfieStud

Totally Agree!

This team needs the offseason more than any team in the history of sports