NHL Transactions, Injuries & Rumours

[Nick]

Leafs sign Clark Macarthur 1 year 1.1M

way way way, like 64% better, then the 2.4M arb result

[The BBKL Insider]

good signing,

however sadly enough he becomes our 2nd line LW'er

[Nick]

good signing,

however sadly enough he becomes our 2nd line LW'er

Not sure how you figure that. we have 4 wingers who are better then him + kadri/grabo

[The BBKL Insider]

Not sure how you figure that. we have 4 wingers who are better then him + kadri/grabo

Kadri + Grabo are no doubt better

but our Wingers are: Kessel, Versteeg, Kulemin, Armstrong (sure all better) but Armstrong looks aweful on the LW side.

however i do think MacArthur would be better on the 3rd line:

MacArthur - Grabovski - Armstrong

its not too shabby for a 3rd line

[armandtanzarian]

Good signing imo. He will bounce between 3rd and 2nd i feel. If he proves himself he may deserve that 2nd lie spot. Really a low risk high reward signing.

[MSP4LYFE]

Could be a solid 20 goal scorer, I'm a fan of this signing.

[Nick]

Good signing imo. He will bounce between 3rd and 2nd i feel. If he proves himself he may deserve that 2nd lie spot. Really a low risk high reward signing.

I was kinda sad to see that he actually got lots of first line TOI and #1 PP last year... not exactly exciting #'s for that sorta opportunity... however he had excellent Short handed #'s & TOI, which is nice to see, and some highlight type goals.

[MSP4LYFE]

I was kinda sad to see that he actually got lots of first line TOI and #1 PP last year... not exactly exciting #'s for that sorta opportunity... however he had excellent Short handed #'s & TOI, which is nice to see, and some highlight type goals.

If he was great we wouldn't have signed him for 1.1, with an RFA option next season. Kid has some skill and energy, it could be a high upside signing, if not we just walk away in arbitration like the Thrashers did this season.

[Mike]

Speaking of MacArthur's arbitration, his agent's an idiot - he could have made his client an extra 500k had he only asked for 1 year at 1.6mil. Atlanta wouldn't have been able to walk away.

[Nick]

Speaking of MacArthur's arbitration, his agent's an idiot - he could have made his client an extra 500k had he only asked for 1 year at 1.6mil. Atlanta wouldn't have been able to walk away.

it sounds like both parties wanted to walk away.

[Mike]

it sounds like both parties wanted to walk away.

Perhaps... If Atlanta bought out the auto-1.6 he still would have have pocketed a quick 533k before coming to Toronto.

[Nick]

Just thinking out loud here... but it turns out he calls Llyodminster home in the summer, where he trains and practices with the likes of Colby Armstrong and Chris VerBeauty.


3rd line of MacArthur-Versteeg-Armstrong ???

[The BBKL Insider]

Perhaps... If Atlanta bought out the auto-1.6 he still would have have pocketed a quick 533k before coming to Toronto.

thus still claming a salary of 1.6mil!

Mike's right,

fucking agents

[MSP4LYFE]

Speaking of MacArthur's arbitration, his agent's an idiot - he could have made his client an extra 500k had he only asked for 1 year at 1.6mil. Atlanta wouldn't have been able to walk away.

I think they figured they could get more on the open market, or MacArthur didn't want to stay in Atlanta.

[MSP4LYFE]

Just thinking out loud here... but it turns out he calls Llyodminster home in the summer, where he trains and practices with the likes of Colby Armstrong and Chris VerBeauty.


3rd line of MacArthur-Versteeg-Armstrong ???

Why waste Versteeg on the third line, when we (arguably) have no one better that is not named Phil Kessel.

[inferno31]

Macarthur got 2.4 in arbitration I heard because Atlanta was going to walk away no matter what once they got Ladd. They came into the arbitration meeting and literately just said give us an award based off what the player wants ASAP, just so they could walk away from it right away.

I didn't know about the Lloydminister thing (same city but right between two provincial borders). Hockeydb has Colby listed as lloydminister BC, which I don't think exists? It should be sask, or alberta.

[Mike]

Macarthur got 2.4 in arbitration I heard because Atlanta was going to walk away no matter what once they got Ladd. They came into the arbitration meeting and literately just said give us an award based off what the player wants ASAP, just so they could walk away from it right away.

Yep, which is why they should have asked for 1.6 instead of 2.4. At 1.6 the contract is auto-accepted by the league, the team has no choice. That's what happened with Kennedy.

[jcarton]

I like it, and ya, he would fit nice on the 3rd line

[inferno31]

Yep, which is why they should have asked for 1.6 instead of 2.4. At 1.6 the contract is auto-accepted by the league, the team has no choice. That's what happened with Kennedy.

Its possible he didn't know of Atlanta's plans for him. So he started at 2.4 and expected to end up sub 2.0. In that situation how do you play that risk, if you don't know what they are going to do and only ask 1.6 he'd be calling for his agent's head the same way.

[Mike]

We must be moving Beauchemin...

Nikolai Kulemin ($2.350m) / Tyler Bozak ($3.725m) / Phil Kessel ($5.400m)
Clarke MacArthur ($1.100m) / Nazem Kadri ($1.720m) / Kris Versteeg ($3.083m)
Fredrik Sjostrom ($0.750m) / Mikhail Grabovski ($2.900m) / Colby Armstrong ($3.000m)
Mike Brown ($0.537m) / John Mitchell ($0.725m) / Colton Orr ($1.000m)

Dion Phaneuf ($6.500m) / Mike Komisarek ($4.500m)
Tomas Kaberle ($4.250m) / Luke Schenn ($2.975m)
Carl Gunnarsson ($0.800m) / Francois Beauchemin ($3.800m)
Brett Lebda ($1.450m)

Jean-Sebastien Giguere ($6.000m) /Jonas Gustavsson ($1.350m)

BUYOUTS: Darcy Tucker ($1.000m)
CARRY-OVER BONUS PENALTY: $1,400,000

SALARY CAP: $59,400,000; CAP PAYROLL: $60,315,833; BONUSES: $5,970,000
CAP SPACE (21-man roster): -$915,833

That's without any spare forwards.