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Originally Posted by strombad
The problem is (as another poster previously mentioned) that when you pay David Clarkson 5.25, you essentially take away any negotiating power you have to pay your top guys anything less than 7.
Way too much for Phaneuf, but Toronto set it's own market. Even average guys get 5 million over there.
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It had nothing to do with paying Clarkson. Its been said many times that if Dion hit free agency that he would have gotten more than $7 million. I've heard up to $8 million.
I personally would not pay him $7 million, but he did take a discount to stay in TO.