Pre-Season: Sabres @ Leafs - Sept. 22, 7:00pm - LeafsTV, TSN 1050

[Chev-boyar-sky]

HayesTSN: Clarkson jumped off the bench. That's 10 games.

Great start to your Leaf career. :

Stupid by him, but in what world does this rule make sense?Injure a guy with a dangerous hit a la Nash and get 0-5 games. Jump off the bench to protect your star (and hardly do anything) against a behemoth bruiser and you get 10? Stupid NHL.

 

[Leafaholic99]

Does Clarkson's suspension take effect immediately or at the beginning of the regular season?

Reg season. The other one last week is 10 regular season games, and doubt they can play anymore pre-season.

 

[Peter D.]

Seriously, what was Clarkson thinking?

And this is exactly why I want fighting out of the game. Players like Scott can screw off.

 

[L K]

Does Clarkson's suspension take effect immediately or at the beginning of the regular season?

I know it's preseason and everything, but aside from some pushing after the whistle he really hasn't done much of anything to endear me to his style of play.

 

[bustaheims]

Stupid by him, but in what world does this rule make sense?Injure a guy with a dangerous hit a la Nash and get 0-5 games. Jump off the bench to protect your star (and hardly do anything) against a behemoth bruiser and you get 10? Stupid NHL.

Because the league learned something about the perils of vigilante justice from the Bertuzzi incident.

 

[jonlleafs]

any links?

http://www.ourleafs.blogspot.ca/

yeah I "don't have the plug-in" apparently.

This one:

http://www.stream2watch.me/hockey/toronto-maple-leafs-vs-buffalo-sabres-live-stream

seems to work, but I can only play it full-screen without being obscured by an ad/request for plugin install (and I'm trying to get some other work done simultaneously).

The stream went away for me.  Working for anyone else?  Or another stream?

 

[Redleaf]

Does Clarkson's suspension take effect immediately or at the beginning of the regular season?

Reg season. The other one last week is 10 regular season games, and doubt they can play anymore pre-season.

Well I guess one of Ashton and Colborne makes the team now, at least to start.

 

[Jalili]

What on earth was Clarkson thinking?

Kessel could be facing a suspension as well, I'm not sure though.

As entertaining as that was, man that's going to cost us.

 

[cujo4ever]

Well I just got a ton of respect for Bernier!

 

[leafplasma]

Clarkson is all kinds of crazy, Tucker clone, sideshow antics. 

 

[princedpw]

What are the cap implications of Clarkson's suspension? Is his contract charged to the team for the 10 games?  If so, we just lost a replacement player salary (min 550K) in cap space to start the season; if not, Nonis has a 10-game respite if he wants to sign Franson.

 

[princedpw]

Clarkson is all kinds of crazy, Tucker clone, sideshow antics.

The contract will work out similarly too.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

I'm fine with what Clarkson did, frankly if I'm the coach I'd send the entire bench over the boards and I walk over to the Sabres bench and break Rolston's face, pulling that stuff with Scott was unacceptable.

 

[princedpw]

I'm fine with what Clarkson did, frankly if I'm the coach I'd send the entire bench over the boards and I walk over to the Sabres bench and break Rolston's face, pulling that stuff with Scott was unacceptable.

I see.  So you'd forfeit the Leafs season because some goon annoyed you?  Good strategy by the sabers in that case.

 

[Fanatic]

Clarkson's suspension will cost him a lot of money, but the Leafs get no cap relief as his salary still goes against their cap.

 

[pnjunction]

Clarkson is all kinds of crazy, Tucker clone, sideshow antics.

The contract will work out similarly too.

I was calling the contract Tucker 2.0 last week.  I don't think it's a matter of whether it gets bought out but when.  Oh well there may a good year or two along the way but 10 game suspension what a start.

 

[mr grieves]

Does Clarkson's suspension take effect immediately or at the beginning of the regular season?

Reg season. The other one last week is 10 regular season games, and doubt they can play anymore pre-season.

Well I guess one of Ashton and Colborne makes the team now, at least to start.

Yeah. Play the kids. And hey. Cap relief.


Edit: Just saw Michael's post. Jeez. Wonder what antics Clarkson will get up to once the games actually matter? Stuff that'll get you 20 games? 30?

 

[Bender]

I'm fine with what Clarkson did, frankly if I'm the coach I'd send the entire bench over the boards and I walk over to the Sabres bench and break Rolston's face, pulling that stuff with Scott was unacceptable.

See that's the thing. Nobody should be able to touch Kessel like that. It's completely insane the way everything went down. Who on the ice was supposed to fight that horrible excuse for a hockey player?

 

[Chev-boyar-sky]

Stupid by him, but in what world does this rule make sense?Injure a guy with a dangerous hit a la Nash and get 0-5 games. Jump off the bench to protect your star (and hardly do anything) against a behemoth bruiser and you get 10? Stupid NHL.

Because the league learned something about the perils of vigilante justice from the Bertuzzi incident.

Then Scott should get 10 for going after Kessel for the Devane fight.

 

[Jalili]

That was a braindead decision by Clarkson. Everything else would have evened itself out. Now, just like that, he's gone til the end of October.