Is Columbus certain that they will never become a team that spends to the salary cap? If not, this might come back to bite them if they turn into a contender and Clarkson continues his decline.
It's a smart move by Toronto to essentially shed Clarkson's contract for ~$25M, but ownership can't be happy about paying that kind of money for a bad signing from 2 years ago. Will they think twice about throwing money at the next UFA on July 1st? I doubt it.
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