Sure, 5 million per year has go to make things a lot easier. But unless he is truly as moronic as he looks, Clarkson can't feel all that great that millions upon millions of people view him as one of the most useless players ever to disgrace a Leafs uniform.
And being back in a rink where all sorts of things conspired to help him score 30 goals in a season, has got to stoke the more realistic narrative that that was a massive fluke, and he is truly a worthless piece of ****.
So I'm thinking some pressure may force Clarkson into offering up one of those "even more worthless than usual" games that he is known for. More untimely penalties than usual, more than 2/3rds of the game on his overpaid ass, more laughable attempts to play hero. Maybe he'll offer up one of his orbital bones for a well-deserved shattering like he did earlier in the season.
On the other hand, if I'm correct and he is a hard-core narcissist, his own worthlessness bothers him not a whit. In which case there is no correlation between his "more worthless than usual" games and situations which more starkly shine a light on his worthlessness.
So the conclusion is: expect a worthless Clarkson, or perhaps an even more worthless than usual Clarkson.