Looks like he'll be # 12 here, then.
Has it been announced what # Brownie will wear? I'd guess 28 like he wore in junior, but you never know.
He doesn't look well there at all. Kinda sickly for 38
Nice pic of Marleau holding Marner.
Yikes! 4 boys, that's a lot of testosterone to control and tame . . . just makes me glad I stopped at 2 kids.
Sorry, parent thinking out loud here . . .
Love this picture! I'm really hoping he works out here and is a great leader while providing stability in the top 6. Definitely something that was lacking last year.
Notice his son is wearing Connor Brown's #12 Leafs jersey.
Not a big deal but..
curious why we didn't have a press conference for Marleau?
Marleau also has a resemblance to Phil Dunphy
Lou won't sign Brown until he gives his number to Marleau
Pretty sure Kapanen is #28
Yeah, let's throw the reigning World Championships MVP and Calder Trophy finalist in any other year on the 4th line.
Marleau can play C as well so we could slot him as 3C, move Kadri to 4C and Nylander could be an even more sheltered 5C.
Guys/girls, are you for real? Where did I say that he would play 4th line minutes? Depending on situation, we would send Kadri's line as checking line, 43 and Nylander as production lines along with Bozak line. There is not much of a difference there and there is no real 4th line there in its classical sense. However, those three other centers have more experience at C position in NHL (so Nylander could be sheltered if need to be).
That is point I was getting at and second point was that wing would not suffer and arguably will be even better with some of that wealth/strength spilling to Nylander line so he will have some serious skill to work with too.
That colour of blue looks good on him
Marleau also has a resemblance to Phil Dunphy
Typically when you put a player on the 4th line, he plays 4th line minutes. All you said was that he'd be sheltered. Nothing about this magical no-4th-line breakdown.
In your scenario, how many minutes does Nylander play at even strength per game when Matthews, Kadri and Bozak are all centering their own lines? The average team plays about 5 minutes of PP and 5 minutes of PK per game, so there's only 50 minutes of even strength to go around. Which of those centers loses minutes to bring Nylander up to non-4th line minutes? Kadri, as the shutdown center, is definitely not losing any of his 14 ES minutes, nor are we going to take any of Matthews' 15 ES minutes away. So now you have 21 ES minutes left to play with, for Bozak and Nylander's lines.
Can't believe we signed this old fart, gonna be a long 3 years
It is amazing how in your first 20 minutes as a member of HF you have managed troll post in every Leaf thread (Brooks, Liljegren, this one, etc.) posing as a Leaf fan.
That is a fair reminder .Just a reminder...
Patrick Marleau is a Leaf!
Woot Woot!
Carry on...
The more I look at this contract, the more it's clear there is no intention here for Marleau to play out that last season. He has absolutely no reason to. once he collects that last signing bonus, there is no way he's going to play a season of hockey for $1m, he'll just retire.
He's got a 35+ contract so the cap hit still stays if he retires
The only way we don't have that cap hit is if Marleau waives his NMC and gets traded or he agrees to go onto LTIR
It's up to him pretty much
The more I look at this contract, the more it's clear there is no intention here for Marleau to play out that last season. He has absolutely no reason to. once he collects that last signing bonus, there is no way he's going to play a season of hockey for $1m, he'll just retire.