David Clarkson

Toronto Maple Leafs acquire David Clarkson from Vegas for salary cap relief, sign Michal Neuvirth to PTO

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Tuesday night that they acquired David Clarkson and a 2020 fourth-round pick from the Vegas Golden Knights for backup goaltender Garret Sparks.

In the Leafs’ press release, they mentioned the fourth-round pick before Clarkson and that pretty much sums up the deal.

This trade was not made to improve the Leafs on the ice per se. This was done to open up cap space to bring Mitch Marner back.

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By Ian Oland 2 years ago

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Mikhail Grabovski Takes a Skate Blade to the Face, Gets 20 Stiches (Warning: Gross)

WARNING: This may be gruesome.

As the second period of the Washington Capitals/Toronto Maple Leafs game drew to a close, former Leaf Mikhail Grabovski fell to the ice and suffered a scary injury. David Clarkson‘s skate clipped Grabovski’s face. There was blood.

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By Ian Oland 8 years ago

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New Jersey Devils Pregame: America’s Rash (PuckBuddys Preview)

[Ed note: After a year of doggedly researching and documenting the panoply of awfulness that are the Washington Capitals’ rival cities and teams, the PuckBuddys‘ physicians grew concerned, recommending they take a nice, quiet rest somewhere so they could forget temporarily about hockey and focus instead on finger paints and macaroni art. Helpfully, Gary Bettman and Donald Fehr gave them just the right opportunity to lay down their burden.

Now, no longer able to keep them involuntarily committed, the Buddy’s have returned to crash our net and empty the NHL’s septic tanks that you, wisely, would rather not. Because that’s just the sort of stand-up guys they are.

However, we caution they are still a bit on edge. So please, everyone…no sudden movements.]

The Scene: The pioneering urban anthropologist Ulf Hannerz once remarked “That which most repels us in other cultures is very often what lies buried and secret at the heart of our own.” Well, no he didn’t; I just made that up. But then again, I doubt that Ulf ever visited New Jersey.

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By Doug Johnson 9 years ago

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