Speculation: If Marchand leaves Boston where is the best fit?

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Now to be clear I don't think for 1 second he's leaving Boston but if he does where do you think he fits best?

I don't know if they have the cap space to sign him but I think he'd fit like a glove no Calgaru top line

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[Sideline]

Now to be clear I don't think for 1 second he's leaving Boston but if he does where do you think he fits best?

I don't know if they have the cap space to sign him but I think he'd fit like a glove no Calgaru top line

Based on the World Cup, I would say Crosby's left wing.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Based on the World Cup, I would say Crosby's left wing.

Ya, if they can find the cap room

 

[Benstheman]

Why would he leaves??

 

[edguy]

Why would he leaves??

Money would be the sole reason. But i doubt thatll be a factor.

 

[KGL]

Would fit very nicely in Pittsburgh. If not for the salary cap. No idea how they could fit his salary in.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Would fit very nicely in Pittsburgh. If not for the salary cap. No idea how they could fit his salary in.

According to General Fanager they have 56 million in cap next season they could do it

 

[Finnish your Czech]

Islanders

 

[Dominator13]

Based on the World Cup, I would say Crosby's left wing.

I don't think you realise how many of us you beat on that one.

He'd be the modern day version of what Kevin Stevens was to the Lemieux line.

 

[SI90]

Islanders next to Tavares

 

[TT1]

Habs, him and Gally are BFFs now, no?

Marchand - Shaw - Gallagher

 

[TheNewEra]

if leaves then money is going to be a major factor

in which case i am going to guess the Vegas whatevers

 

[Empoleon8771]

Would fit very nicely in Pittsburgh. If not for the salary cap. No idea how they could fit his salary in.

If the Pens manage to trade Fleury for nothing, lose Sheary to expansion (that's actually not that unrealistic, especially if he's playing on Crosby's wing for the year), don't re-sign Bonino and sign Marchand to the same contract that Ladd, Okposo and Eriksson got, the Pens would have:

Marchand ($6)-Crosby ($8.7)-Hornqvist ($4.25)
Hagelin ($4)-Malkin ($9.5)-Kessel ($6.8)
Rust ($650k)-Fehr ($2)-Sprong ($925k)
Wilson ($625k)-Sundqvist ($800k)-Kuhnhackl ($625k)
XXXXXX-XXXXXX

Dumoulin ($3.75)-Letang ($7.25)
Maatta ($4)-XXXXXX
Cole ($2.1)-Schultz ($1.6)
Pouliot ($1)

Murray ($4)-XXXXXXX

That lineup costs $68.575 million, which would leave around $6.5 million to get a 2nd pair RD (which I actually think Pouliot might become, I think he breaks out this year), a backup goalie and 2 extra forwards. So they could probably make Marchand work. If Pouliot breaks out, he'll be looking at closer to $3 million I'd guess, but even then, they can get a backup goalie and 3 extra players for $3.5 million. If they can get someone like Guentzel to be able to take the 3C spot, that would help even more.

 

[ATdaisuki]

he'd make ottawa's top nine look pretty sweet if we could fit him in our budget. if we can fill in some roster spots pretty cheaply and we do well this season, i think melnyk could be convinced to go big on marchand.

marchand 7x7

hoffman - turris - stone
marchand - brassard - ryan
macarthur - pageau (2.5 mil bridge) - lazar (1.2 mil second contract)
dzingel - paul - ?
pyatt (resigned at 800k)

englund (defensive defenseman rookie) - karlsson
phaneuf - ceci
borowiecki - wideman
claesson

methot going to expansion frees up some money. lots of it goes to re-upping pageau, lazar, englund coming in to replace him, and some kids to fill out the bottom of the roster.

smith doesn't get resigned because marchand signing means he'd be fourth line center or winger. he'll be too expensive for that role. roster comes in at at a cap hit of about $67,362,333 without another winger signed and an actual salary of around $67,454,833, also missing a fourth line rw.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Why would he leaves??

I don't think he will but I do see them as being on the way down

 

[Cassano]

It would be best for his career to go to Pittsburgh.

 

[King Weber]

Marchand + Bergeron for Malkin + Kessel

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

if leaves then money is going to be a major factor

in which case i am going to guess the Vegas whatevers

I could see Vegas he's already won

 

[Benstheman]

Habs, him and Gally are BFFs now, no?

Marchand - Shaw - Gallagher

Ouch... i think i would love that second line.

Basically, if Marchand hits the UFA, market we would have choice between Radulov and him. I love that.

 

[The Podium]

Vegas will make an offer that no team will match.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I think money could be a bigger factor then most people think, reason being is he doesn't need to chase a cup he's already won so his focus might be the biggest payday since he doesn't have to worry about winning a title.

 

[BergyWho37]

If the Pens manage to trade Fleury for nothing, lose Sheary to expansion (that's actually not that unrealistic, especially if he's playing on Crosby's wing for the year), don't re-sign Bonino and sign Marchand to the same contract that Ladd, Okposo and Eriksson got, the Pens would have:

Marchand ($6)-Crosby ($8.7)-Hornqvist ($4.25)
Hagelin ($4)-Malkin ($9.5)-Kessel ($6.8)
Rust ($650k)-Fehr ($2)-Sprong ($925k)
Wilson ($625k)-Sundqvist ($800k)-Kuhnhackl ($625k)
XXXXXX-XXXXXX

Dumoulin ($3.75)-Letang ($7.25)
Maatta ($4)-XXXXXX
Cole ($2.1)-Schultz ($1.6)
Pouliot ($1)

Murray ($4)-XXXXXXX

That lineup costs $68.575 million, which would leave around $6.5 million to get a 2nd pair RD (which I actually think Pouliot might become, I think he breaks out this year), a backup goalie and 2 extra forwards. So they could probably make Marchand work. If Pouliot breaks out, he'll be looking at closer to $3 million I'd guess, but even then, they can get a backup goalie and 3 extra players for $3.5 million. If they can get someone like Guentzel to be able to take the 3C spot, that would help even more.

On the open market he gets 6 mil try 7mill a yr at least ...

 

[The Podium]

On the open market he gets 6 mil try 7mill a yr at least ...

Well it'll depend on his season. Based on last seasons performance then yes hell get huge money. But if it proves to be just an outlier and he regresses back to his norm (25G/50pts) then I'd probably guess around the 6-6.5 mill range as well.

 

[Empoleon8771]

On the open market he gets 6 mil try 7mill a yr at least ...

Did Eriksson, Ladd, Okposo, Lucic and others not get $6 million AAV or so deals? Why is Marchand going to get a million more than literally 7 other top line players

I mean, come on. Eriksson had 30 goals and 63 points last year. Marchand had 37 goals and 60 point last year. Why is Eriksson only getting $6 million but Marchand will get over $7 million?

 

[Lunatik]

Money aside, the Flames would be a great fit IMO. Marchand with Bennett would be phenomenal or if he can play RW with Gaudreau and Monahan would be deadly.