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# David Clarkson has no regrets about his time with the Leafs
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/david-clarkson-has-no-regrets-about-his-time-with-the-leafs/
- Published: 2015-10-16T18:43:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-10-16T18:43:00.000Z
- Description: He did grow up cheering for them, so it's understandable.
- Author: Ari Yanover
- Tags: #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:15

So, the [David Clarkson](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54972/david-clarkson?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) thing didn't work out. It had all the hallmarks of a great story: the Toronto kid comes back home to play for his hometown team, the team he always dreamed of playing for, and having earned a big contract to boot. Toronto was getting one of its own back, and its own was a bonafide superstar.

... Except that's really not how things ever were. Clarkson is from Toronto, yes; a bonafide superstar, he never was. The beneficiary of a couple of good years (46 points one year; half a point per game the following lockout season) and a weak free agent market set up the perfect storm for Clarkson to get a giant contract. And, well, since it's the [Maple Leafs](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/toronto-maple-leafs?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com), and they have more cash than they know what to do with...

Yeah, things didn't work out. At all. And now Clarkson is a member of the [Blue Jackets](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/columbus-blue-jackets?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com), set to make his season debut tonight (against Toronto!), and the Leafs the beneficiaries of a Columbus team that can't afford to have an expensive player not playing for them (one [Nathan Horton](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/55518/nathan-horton?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com), to be precise).

> David Clarkson on Leafs tenure: "I don’t regret it. I got to wear a jersey that I dreamed of as a little boy & for me that’s pretty cool."
> 
> — Mark Masters (@markhmasters) [October 16, 2015](https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/655089414994030592?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) 

Oh well. At least everyone's happy now: Clarkson got to do something cool, and the Leafs don't have to care anymore.