grcenter47 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) it's posted on Fischler's twitter. Not sure how true this is but its interesting. Apparently it could be bought out before next season https://twitter.com/StanFischler Edited March 25, 2014 by grcenter47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylbert Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Clarkson only makes $1mm per year which scales up to $2mm for the 2016 and 2017 seasons, then back to $1mm... the rest is in guaranteed bonuses for some bit of cap relief, but yea, he has a rock solid contract that almost was written with the assumption on his side that the Leafs would buy him out. http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2014/3/10/5492384/david-clarksons-contract-is-maybe-probably-buyout-proof http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2013/12/13/5208704/david-clarkson-buyout-chart Edited March 25, 2014 by aylbert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Brown Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 LOL WTF?! It can't be an amnesty either. It has to be a regular buyout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs26 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 The Leafs still have to pay him about 90% of his contract if they bought him out lol...if they buy him out after one season the Clarkson signing would immediately pass anything the Rangers ever did for stupidity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefiestygoat Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Fischler says there is talk about it, nothing decided. I doubt it happens this soon. Pension Plan Puppets has a pretty solid post examining his contract and how a buyout wouldn't really help the Leafs this summer, or that much at all down the road. It would appear that the Leafs, in their infinite wisdom, managed to give David Clarkson what is perhaps the NHL's first buyout-proof contract. Including the $4.5m he is earning this season, a buyout this June would net Clarkson something like $34m; or roughly 93% of the total value of the contract. A buyout would save the Leafs almost nothing ($2.6m or so). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilsrule33 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Just Fischler making stuff up. Nothing to see here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neb00rs Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Keep the women and children indoors, Stan Fischler is out and about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roomtemp Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Its like the slight rumor of the Knicks trying to trade for Jeremy Lin because I would laugh so hard for doing something that stupid so I hope its true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpathianForest Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Fischler is still confused about why the New York Americans aren't playing anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsfan118 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Photo: Stan Fischler discusses potential Clarkson buyout with his sources Monday evening. Edited March 25, 2014 by Devilsfan118 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Photo: Stan Fischler discusses potential Clarkson buyout with his sources Monday evening. Fischler's story starts in nineteen-dickety-two. He had to use the word "dickety" because the Kaiser had stolen his word "twenty".... Edited March 25, 2014 by Devil Dan 56 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpathianForest Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Stan Fischler still walks around with an onion tied to his belt. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelastonealive Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Which was the fashion at the time. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neb00rs Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 He had relatively little choice...because of the war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Fischler has eaten too many hats. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldply123 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I'm sure it's been talked about because of just how terrible at hockey he really is but Nonis doing so would likely invite an immediate firing. They have to give him at least another year or probably two in Toronto. And no we don't want him or Kovalchuk coming back. Ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njdevsftw Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 And no we don't want him or Kovalchuk coming back. Ever. Clarkson seemed to thrive in the Devils environment, Kovy would be our best offensive player, so yeah, I'd take em both back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Clarkson seemed to thrive in the Devils environment, Kovy would be our best offensive player, so yeah, I'd take em both back. No to Clarkson...nothing against him really, just fed up with ex-Devils getting (usually disappointing) second tours of duty. Clarkson had his time here...just feels like it's over. And I can't say he really "thrived"...his play frustrated a lot of people quite often, and he got his fair share of criticism. Wasn't like it was all good with him. If Kovy was the Kovy of old, I wouldn't be entirely dead-set against it, but he isn't. In the KHL regular season and playoffs combined, he's put 19 goals and 25 assists in 53 GP...not really great. Shooting% is not great either (9.3), and it's against lesser goaltending to boot. And I'll always feel that part of the reason he left was that he knew he was on the decline and wasn't going to live up to his deal in the years to come, and had a chance to still earn a lot of coin while playing in a LOT less games. But if he were to come back to the NHL after a season or two in the K, then I'm sorry, he's a phony, after talking about being homesick. And if the Devils took him back, what if he struggled for 20 games or so, to the tune of 3 goals and 3 assists or something like that, found the NHL to be too much for him, and said "Screw it, I gave it a shot, but I'm going back to Russia." I don't know how the Devils can trust him. And like I said, I'd need to be 100% sure that he can even be the old Kovy (who had plenty of warts in his game even after he was properly coached) before I'd even entertain the thought of bringing him back. Edited March 25, 2014 by Colorado Rockies 1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellOnICE Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 No to Clarkson. We have Clowe. And he's not being bought out. That's a ridiculous rumor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I can't imagine them doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgeControl Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Id take Clarkson back as a 4th line shooter, if there is such a thing. with a 3rd/4th line contract Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Eco Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Clarkson should replace Bernier on the RW of CBGB, book it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Used to like Stan Fischler's news and notes back in the day. I used to tape most games. If we had a really good win, I'd save it. Going back months/years later and re-watching the games, his predictions rarely if ever panned out, unless it was something everyone knew already. That said, I like Stan, and if he makes stuff up, well then it's no different than Brooks or (N)Єverson did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neb00rs Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) I can't stand Stan, never did. It's hard to watch his interviews if you're squeamish. He's creepy and weird to the players and sh!t gets so awkward with the questions he asks. He bothers me. Though, I don't deny his long history in the sport and extensive knowledge of the game. Edited March 25, 2014 by Neb00rs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I remember two awkward Stan-Devil interviews in particular. One was with Bernie Nicholls...Nicholls had scored a goal on a two on one where he didn't pass it to the other Devil. Stan asked him if he thought he should've passed it, to which Nicholls said "No" in a way that implied "STFU old man, I just friggin' scored a big goal." Stan actually decided to ask him AGAIN, and it was obvious that Bernie thought Stan was out of his mind to ask him that. The other one I recall was with Neal Broten, sometime during '95...I think Stan implied that Broten's offensive resurgence had come as a major surprise, and basically said (in more diplomatic language) that Broten had appeared washed-up with the Stars just before he became a Devil. Broten clearly didn't like how Stan had put it, and let him know that it was the way he had been used with the Stars that had led to his poor offensive numbers, not his age or anything related to it. And my father-in-law's brother looks almost EXACLTY like Stan Fischler...right down to every last tendril of his beard. Even his hairline has receded in the same manner...everyone who was a hockey fan at my wedding noticed the frighteningly close resemblence and had a great time with it...a lot of "Happy for you guys that you're getting married and all, but I'm gonna go have a drink with the Maven" and similar cracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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