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Originally Posted by savardandjokinen
The Leafs have something called "Robidas Island" where I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) they're still paying Robidas, Horton, Lupul and maybe Clarkson (iirc he got traded though).
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They traded Clarkson for Horton.
Horton's contract was uninsured, so the BJs were paying a lot of money to have a player not play for them, even though he was on LTIR. They cared about the $ spent rather than the cap hit.
The Leafs were paying Clarkson the same, but didn't want his cap hit. So they traded him for Horton. Clarkson could at least play when he was healthy, which even if he isn't very good, is still better than having a guy not play at all for the same $. But considering how much Clarkson was hurt, and his contract was insured, the BJs saved money (even if Clarkson was playing, they'd have saved something like $2M with difference in contracts + the need to fill a roster spot).
So it basically turned into
To Toronto: Cap Relief
To Columbus: Salary Relief
Then Columbus got bailed out further with Clarkson going to Vegas.