Friedman: Brad Marchand closing in on extension with the Bruins (upd: Marchand denies report)

[Koivu11]

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[HabsCode]

He’s cooked. 3M top.

 

[JohanFranzenstein]

8x8 calling it now

 

[SPV]

No surprise. Hopefully a home town discount to finish out his HOF career

 

[hamzarocks]

He isnt a good top 6 player anymore unless hes cooking the leafs

3M-4M for 2 years would be a fair deal for both sides

 

[BB79]

Worth it since he kills the Leafs every time we play them

 

[hamzarocks]

No surprise. Hopefully a home town discount to finish out his HOF career

0% chance he touches the hall with his falloff post 2022

He cost himself hall of fame with poor 2023 and 2024 seasons as his first 6-7 years of his career were not even hall of very good level let alone HHOF

If his prime had lasted longer (2017-2022) by 2-3 years he would have made it

 

[ranold26]

He’s cooked. 3M top.

If he's cooked, the Laffs are well done tonight baby.

 

[SPV]

0% chance he touches the hall with his falloff post 2022

He cost himself hall of fame with poor 2023 and 2024 seasons as his first 6-7 years of his career were not even hall of very good level let alone HHOF

If his prime had lasted longer (2017-2022) by 2-3 years he would have made it

I won’t argue about it, but I have to at least post his similarity scores from hockey reference, as everyone on the list is a HOF or going to be a HOF player. [ATTACH type="full"]922205[/ATTACH]

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Excellent career to finish in Boston. Still a 2nd line winger on most teams even after all the surgeries.

 

[hamzarocks]

I won’t argue about it, but I have to at least post his similarity scores from hockey reference, as everyone on the list is a HOF or going to be a HOF player. [ATTACH type="full"]922205[/ATTACH]

Literally every player there is better than Marchand for peak/prime and career (all have a ross/hart/lindsay/rocket or multille top years of contention)

Marchand was a bit behind that.

Hockey reference has an bad metric for similarity scores

 

[PB37]

Marchand himself replied to the rumor, saying it was false.

 

[x Tame Impala]

WTF is a similarity score?

 

[TT1]

pretty crazy to think that he's almost at 1K points in the league, everyone thought he was just gonna be a grinder back in the day

if anyone earned getting paid it's him

 

[sensfan4lifee]

0% chance he touches the hall with his falloff post 2022

He cost himself hall of fame with poor 2023 and 2024 seasons as his first 6-7 years of his career were not even hall of very good level let alone HHOF

If his prime had lasted longer (2017-2022) by 2-3 years he would have made it

Yes he's a hall of fame player tf you talking about

Stanley Cup + Captain of an oringinal 6 Franchise

 

[Number8]

WTF is a similarity score?

I believe it’s a feature of the new Excel Spreadsheet Viewing (ESV) module.

Basically it allows you to not have to watch games any more. You just stare at an Excel spreadsheet that automatically updates with “expected” this and that. Apparently there were 457 “expected” goals in the NHL last night. Not sure who exactly expected them or what happened to those expectations, but the Excel sheet sure was exciting as hell. That update at 9:52PM EST was just amazing. All the numbers changed a lot!!!!!

 

[elmaco]

I'm not so sure.

 

[bobholly39]

0% chance he touches the hall with his falloff post 2022

He cost himself hall of fame with poor 2023 and 2024 seasons as his first 6-7 years of his career were not even hall of very good level let alone HHOF

If his prime had lasted longer (2017-2022) by 2-3 years he would have made it

I also think he lacks and won't make the HOF - but it's definitely not 0%. He does have a shot.

 

[kevsh]

Just asking but, if you're the Bruins why not wait? What's the rush? He's at a point age-wise where the dropoff could come quickly so why commit before you have to?

Or is this simply that they want to honor his contribution and do the right thing PR-wise, so do it now so everyone's happy?

 

[CanadienShark]

Yes he's a hall of fame player tf you talking about

Stanley Cup + Captain of an oringinal 6 Franchise

Stanley Cup as a depth player and captain late in his career doesn't = HOF.

 

[Nah Ur Beat]

Didn't Marchand come out and deny this report?

 

[Nemesis Prime]

No surprise. Hopefully a home town discount to finish out his HOF career

Not a HOFer

 

[RiverbottomChuck]

Love Marchy but going forward the Bruins need to not be handing out 3 year deals to players on the wrong side of 30 already significantly slowing down.

 

[EXTRAS]

0% chance he touches the hall with his falloff post 2022

He cost himself hall of fame with poor 2023 and 2024 seasons as his first 6-7 years of his career were not even hall of very good level let alone HHOF

If his prime had lasted longer (2017-2022) by 2-3 years he would have made it

Imagine saying someone cost themselves a chance at the hall of fame because they only scored 67 points in back to back seasons as a 35/36 year old. Selanne literally had a whole string of years from 31-34 where he fell off hard.

 

[PB37]

Not a HOFer

I don't know how many players with 4x or more All Star finishes who didn't make the HOF but I have to assume it's very few if any.