I know everyone loves to laugh at Toronto for the David Clarkson contract , but I really think this article misunderstands the situation by saying that they overpaid because of intangibles . I say this as a Devils fan , just about everyone I know was sad to see him go . He entered freeagency after a 30 goal season followed up by a 15 goal shortened season . The dude could produce and fit in perfectly with the system NJ was running at the time . I don ' t think that Toronto adequately evaluated his role on the Devils before throwing boatloads of cash at him . They didn ' t sign him because of intangibles or because of a July 1 st bidding warthey signed him because they thought that they had a hometeam discount on someone good for 30 g 15 a per season . Sure , they paid a lot more than they should have , but blaming it all on intangibles totally misses the point of the Clarkson Cautionary Tale .