theminister Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Another interesting way to look at this from CLB's perspective.. They would have to pay a player another contract at league minimum to fill Horton's spot on the ice, maybe more. So rather than pay the $6 mil for Horton plus another $550k for that spot ($6.55 mil) they replace it with $5.25 mil. That's a real dollar savings of $1.3 mil per, minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bobby_Lu1ngo Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Soon as carolina started making their moves toronto had to get theirs done as to not move too far ahead of them in the standings. Interesting watching teams compete for a worse spot in the standings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Source?Backchannels of twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awalk Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Whoa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dasein Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Another interesting way to look at this from CLB's perspective.. They would have to pay a player another contract at league minimum to fill Horton's spot on the ice, maybe more. So rather than pay the $6 mil for Horton plus another $550k for that spot ($6.55 mil) they replace it with $5.25 mil. That's a real dollar savings of $1.3 mil per, minimum. Good point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Apparently the trade wasn't even Nonis' idea.Bob McKenzie @TSNBobMcKenzie 7m7 minutes ago CBJ initiated trade proposal with TOR. They wanted to lose Horton's financial commitment for player who couldn't play. CBJ wanted Clarkson. CBJ signs a guy to a megadeal they couldn't insure. TO trades for him even though he clearly will not play again. TO claims they won the trade. I think both franchises look bad today and they should feel bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awalk Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 When does Toronto ever not feel bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Aaron Portzline @Aportzline 8s8 seconds ago #CBJ did not have insurance on Nathan Horton, so they would have had to pay the full amount of his contract for the rest of his term. All about the bucks. And this right here is the only reason why Nonis got a get out of jail free card on one of the worst signings in recent memory. Both players have 4 more years on their deals, but if Horton wasn't going to retire and wanted to drag this out in hopes of returning, CBJ might as well have the player that could be on the ice. Insurance companies pay injured players... Not if they aren't insured, they don't... can anyone photoshop a tank with maple leafs decals all over it? They've been floating around twitter the past couple days: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggs50 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 That Clarkson contract is a joke but playing with Johansen will help. Just watch him pot 20+ next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Who's next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 So....insuring a players contract against LT injury/retirement is optional for each NHL team? Really? The Leafs are the kinda team who would then I suppose. Way more "have" then the Jackets Surprised that's not a league wide policy though.... Some player's injury history makes it cost prohibitive to insure them. Crosby for instance had trouble with that after his concussions (although I think that was mainly for the Olympics). To add to that, Horton was injured when CBJ signed him iirc, so that would likely have been a factor in insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Who's next? Reimer. They've been scapegoating him for their terrible play for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabychStache Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Polak is intriguing for a west coast playoff team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabychStache Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Also Lupul to Vancouver is imminent. Tigers baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c00kies Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 If Horton plays again Toronto wins. If Horton doesn't play again, Toronto wins. Win-win for T.O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Goose Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 kinda bummed nonis was able to get out of that contract Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFBR392 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Traded for a guy who will likely never play another game for the rest of his career. That's gotta make you feel good about yourself. Poor Clarkson. At least he'll have his millions of dollars to wipe away his tears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Watch Clarkson become a 20-30 goal scorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 If Horton plays again Toronto wins. If Horton doesn't play again, Toronto wins. Win-win for T.O. I agree with this, for the most part. Great move by Nonis. However, Columbus aphas a much better system and better players for Clarkson to play with. Perhaps he becomes a 40 point player. Still overplayed, and unlikely it will ever happen. Surprising to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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