Confirmed with Link: CAR Acquires Patrick Marleau along with 2020 1st (conditional) and 2020 7th for 2020 6th

[Anton Dubinchuk]

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[vorbis]

 

[Novacane]

Wonder what the conditions are

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

dUnDoN iS cHeAp He WoUlD nEvEr SpEnD mOnEy FoR fReE dRaFt PiCkS

 

[vorbis]

Canes Acquire 2020 First-Round Pick and Patrick Marleau from Toronto

If Toronto's first-round selection in the 2020 NHL Draft is a top-10 pick, the Hurricanes will instead receive Toronto's first-round selection in the 2021 NHL Draft.

 

[Joe McGrath]

I wonder if the condition is that they buy him out?

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Conditions: top 10 protected. If it’s top 10 we get 2021.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

I wonder if the condition is that they buy him out?

My guess is that was agreed upon beforehand, given Marleau’s public demands.

 

[DougieSmash]

But Marleau wants only Sharks?

 

[vorbis]

Dundon is so cheap he'll buy a first round pick for a player he'll immediately buy out which may very well affect his ability to buy out Scott Darling

 

[Lucky Lindy]

Cannot really complain.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

My message to whoever it was I was talking to about this a week or two ago: we absolutely want to be the ones helping Toronto out of this jam.

Exciting to have a second 1st next year.

 

[Roboturner913]

IDK

 

[Chrispy]

But Marleau wants only Sharks?

Has to be a buyout plan.

Canes bought a first for $3.8M. Need to pay Marleau bonus and a cheap buyout for 2 years. No cap relief but thats not a big deal for next year

 

[w e l o s t b o y s]

cap space is an asset

 

[vorbis]

 

[bleedgreen]

Top ten protected first rounder which is unlikely an issue, but would’ve been delightful to witness.

 

[A Star is Burns]

I think this is freaking awesome

 

[Ole Gil]

My message to whoever it was I was talking to about this a week or two ago: we absolutely want to be the ones helping Toronto out of this jam.

Exciting to have a second 1st next year.

This is a smart take. 2 or 3 teams will benefit from Torontos problems. It's huge to be one of those 2 or 3 teams.

A 1st for 833k and some cap space for 1 year is pretty great.

 

[GoldiFox]

Should be a good 1st rounder. Similar to their #22 this year. Leafs have a good offense but their already-shaky defense is losing Gardiner and Zaitsev and Frederik Andersen could falter.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Can they trade Marleau for 50% retained to SJS for the rights to Donskoi?

 

[Dishface]

I dont know how to feel about this. We get a first rounder next year/trade assest, but why help the leafs? I guess if we didn't, someone else will, so take advantage.

 

[cptjeff]

Can they trade Marleau for 50% retained to SJS for the rights to Donskoi?

I like that idea very much.

 

[Ole Gil]

I dont know how to feel about this. We get a first rounder next year/trade assest, but why help the leafs? I guess if we didn't, someone else will, so take advantage.

Is it 'helping' the leafs? Or is it fleecing a desperate leafs team. A 1st rounder for 6m in cap space for one year is not the biggest of favors.

 

[cptjeff]

I dont know how to feel about this. We get a first rounder next year/trade assest, but why help the leafs? I guess if we didn't, someone else will, so take advantage.

Because it's a closed system. The Leafs have to get rid of contracts somehow and the price will go up high enough that a team with the cap room will buy one. We are not doing this out of generosity. The value of a 1st round pick is as high as it's ever been these days- look at who we just got at the bottom of the 1st round. If we had Toronto's pick this year trading up for Caulfield would have been easy to do. We just took the leafs to the cleaners to help them with their cap issues.