Agreed. It's weird too...Marchand said he was worried about getting traded in the off season and then he comes back with play like this for the first month?
I'm going to throw another hypothetical trade proposal on the table.
Marchand (4.5 mil) + McQuaid (1.6 mil) + 2nd rd pick
for
E. Kane (5.5 mil)
63 has been a pretty slow starter during his short career (11 points over the first month of the season, the last 3 years combined)...
That and the fact that every line except for L-K-I is struggling right now.
Plenty of hockey left to go. I see this board hasn't learned this yet?
Plenty of hockey left to go. I see this board hasn't learned this yet?
There sure is, but outside of a very few flashes, anything about Marchand`s game have you overly optimistic at this stage??
All it takes is a goal to change things, but very tough to be truly optimistic with the way he`s started. There are slow starts, then there are starts where it looks like a player is completely lost...he`s the latter right now
When I posted a hypothetical "trade Marchand" thread I was ripped apart by most of you posters. Funny how 3 weeks later a lot of folks share the same sentiment now.
To me, Marchand does not look happy and seems like a man that has lost his puppy (Seguin) and may need to move on to better himself.
That being said, I would love Evander Kane on this team however, I think the Jets never trade him.
I'm going to throw another hypothetical trade proposal on the table.
Marchand (4.5 mil) + McQuaid (1.6 mil) + 2nd rd pick
for
E. Kane (5.5 mil)
When I posted a hypothetical "trade Marchand" thread I was ripped apart by most of you posters. Funny how 3 weeks later a lot of folks share the same sentiment now.
To me, Marchand does not look happy and seems like a man that has lost his puppy (Seguin) and may need to move on to better himself.
That being said, I would love Evander Kane on this team however, I think the Jets never trade him.
I'm going to throw another hypothetical trade proposal on the table.
Marchand (4.5 mil) + McQuaid (1.6 mil) + 2nd rd pick
for
E. Kane (5.5 mil)
No need for a complete plug like Stuart
he looked like he was going to cry when asked about seguin coming to town.
Let me save you some time.
Trade proposal template: "I propose trading Bruins Player X [substitute name here] for Player Y [substitute name here]."
Reply template: "I would never trade Player X [substitute name here] [or at this point you may also choose to substitute this year's spare part player(s), e.g. Caron, Bartkowsi, and/or a 2nd round or lower draft pick]. Player Y [substitute name here] sucks. Maybe if they throw in [pick one (sometimes 2 of these are allowed): 1st round draft pick, superstar player, emerging young star]."
Floating.
Yeah.
All players float from time to time but in our system with Marchand being such a small dude it sticks out.
A couple years ago you could count on Marchand to be one of the hardest workers. Thats not really the case now. Last year up until his concussion his contract looked like a bargain. Now it looks awful.
If the playoffs started tomorrow I think he'd step it up though. But I would move him to the 4th line for a few games to send a message.
Yeah.
All players float from time to time but in our system with Marchand being such a small dude it sticks out.
A couple years ago you could count on Marchand to be one of the hardest workers. Thats not really the case now. Last year up until his concussion his contract looked like a bargain. Now it looks awful.
If the playoffs started tomorrow I think he'd step it up though. But I would move him to the 4th line for a few games to send a message.