Confirmed Trade: [TOR/CAR] Marleau, 2020 1st Rounder (Top 10 Prot.) & 2020 7th Rounder to CAR for 2020 6th Rounder.

[Ementy]

Carolina...man...you just took the all the leverage off of the Gms over Toronto. Hope it was worth it. If someone takes Zaitsev without a massive OP. Dubas will be known as the greatest con artist of all time.

 

[elmaco]

Whats the condition?

 

[OmniSens]

Wow... Ottawa couldn't do this?

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

I wish GMs would let other GMs suffer a bit.

Canes saved their ass.

Good thing GMs aren't spiteful idiots and are okay with helping someone else to improve their team

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

What's the condition on the first? Lottery protected perhaps?

Lottery protected would be my guess.

 

[MAHJ71]

Blah.

Darn you Carolina. Let them off easy..

 

[The Madrigal]

Lol, but but but, it's going to be easy for Toronto to get out of cap hell.

 

[super6646]

iTs gOnNa cOsT NoThInG lmfao

Yeah, Dubas is getting pansed when he has to move Zaitsev.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Damn... A first round pick as well. We'll have to see what the conditions are but like everyone said(Besides Leafs fans), it was going to cost them a pretty penny to move that contract even with just a year left.

 

[Deadly Dogma]

I hope its a lottery protected 1st

 

[Grigowski]

Dumb move by Carolina.

 

[Kamiccolo]

So much for that being easy for them...

Most fans were saying that about Zaitsev not Marleau.

 

[Savvy]

Pretty hard to swallow when that third year was widely viewed as a bad idea when it was signed.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Blah.

Darn you Carolina. Let them off easy..

They snagged a conditional first. That ain’t easy...

 

[CycloneSweep]

iTs gOnNa cOsT NoThInG lmfao

Right. Leafs fans were so sure they were going to move Marleau and get picks and prospects back

 

[Makar Goes Fast]

1st for one year of cap relief. harder to be buyers at the deadline for the leafs too.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Lou costing the Leafs. Was a dumb deal from day one. Whatever though glad it is gone and we can move on.

 

[crazyforhockey]

Thinking is they actually buy him out is part of the condition

Or if leafs miss playoffs next year

 

[SpezDispenser]

Son of a gun, why couldn't Ottawa do this?

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Any word on the conditions?

 

[Treb]

Dumb move by Carolina.

How so?

 

[Devilsfan118]

I'm goin to bet the 1st is to prevent Carolina from doing anything but buying him out.

 

[Dr Quincy]

Eating crow. Didn't think a 1 year dump would get a 1st. Good for Carolina.

 

[Vitto79]

Buyout or he plays for them ?

 

[Drew311]

If they end up giving Carolina a 1st that’s a really steep price.