Confirmed with Link: Lightning re-sign Pat Maroon | 2 years, $1M AAV

[Felonious Python]

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[The Gongshow]

Solid 4th line guy. Not affraud to scrap when needed. Some grit.

Also that 4th (I don't care what the announcers say that line is the 4th line) of Perry, Pat and Bel are really clicking. So having them together next year as well will be great.

Pats skating has looked better this year as well so hopefully he can keep that up over the next 2 seasons.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

EE said there was talk of retirement. This is the first time I think we’re hearing about it though

 

[Hoek]

Change your mind, Brady, if Pat can do it so can you.

 

[Felonious Python]

Big Rig is covered by Car Shield, so if he breaks down, TB won't be hit with high cost repairs.

 

[LightningStrikes]

The NHL put three Cup emojis next to “Tampa”, threepeat confirmed!

 

[Todd1a]

Happy he decided to stay

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[These Are The Days]

Fist pumping all over my apartment right now. Big Rig you are a gem.

 

[LightningStrikes]

 

[MattM92]

I like Maroon but the timing is kinda odd. I actually think his last 20 or so games have been the worst of his tenure here. He is never very fast, but he's been behind on plays lately and that's unusual for him.

In any case, I like Patty and I'm happy he is here to stay. Hopefully his game turns around soon.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

“He’s found a role here, he’s found a home, he’s found a spot, he’s kind of one of the guys people look up to in the room,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “But he brought a winning pedigree with him, and to come off a Stanley Cup here and walk into our room, he was one of the guys that helped identify what some of the things we needed to do to win. He’s done everything we’ve asked him and I don’t think you can ever surround yourself with enough guys that win.”

The Lightning were pressed up against the salary cap, but the 33-year-old Maroon, who was slated to become a free agent this offseason, said an extension came together quickly when he told his agent, Octagon’s Ben Hankinson, that he wanted to stay in Tampa.

The Lightning know Maroon’s value on and off the ice, and with little room to maneuver because of the cap, they found a way to keep him. With the minimum salary next year at $750,000 and $775,000 in 2023-24, they’d only be saving $250,000 and $225,000, respectively, over the next two seasons by letting Maroon walk and finding his cheapest replacement.

“Just having the security and knowing that you’re signed for two more years and you have two more years to put a lot of work in and hopefully win more championships, that’s the whole point of it, Maroon said. “...You don’t want to go to a team where it’s kind of a rebuild situation when you can go to a team where you build your career and keep building off that and find ways to keep winning every single year.

“Like I tell people, you make your money in the playoffs,” he added. “... (The Lightning) have that winning mentality that a lot of teams don’t have. … There’s nowhere else where I’d rather be than here.”

 

[JoVel]

Never thought he'd be here for more than that first contract. But that'll be 5 years now.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Love Maroon! He still has some years left in him. Good signing.

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

Change your mind, Brady, if Pat can do it so can you.

Brady literally already dropped a "never say never" quote on his podcast last night. Absolutely nobody should be surprised if he changes his mind between now and August. It's a hell of a lot easier to talk about "being ready to move on" in February than it is in July when training camp begins and the regular season is around the corner. And the longer the Bucs go with Blaine Gabbert and Kyle Trask atop their QB depth chart, the more convinced I'll be that there's unpublished "Brady's coming back" tweets on the beat writers Twitter accounts waiting to be sent. If he stays retired, so be it, I'm not in denial over this, I just remember Brett Favre saying the same shit after playing very well in 2007 and once the season was about to begin, it turned out he wasn't ready to retire after all. Retiring with gas in the tank is just not something players often like to do. They'd rather empty the tank and clearly be a shell of themselves because at least it leaves them no doubt that it's time to move on.

But this is the wrong thread. I'll stop here.

The NHL put three Cup emojis next to “Tampa”, threepeat confirmed!

The absolute legend is going to win five Stanley Cups in five seasons with the Lightning. Try beating that ratio.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[DFC]

5-peat

 

[BoltzManConstant]

Ha, "here to stay" kinda implies this is the last contract of his career. Which is probably just facts, and he may be agree but still if I were him I wouldn't want it framed that way.

 

[BoltzManConstant]

I like Maroon but the timing is kinda odd. I actually think his last 20 or so games have been the worst of his tenure here. He is never very fast, but he's been behind on plays lately and that's unusual for him.

In any case, I like Patty and I'm happy he is here to stay. Hopefully his game turns around soon.

$1m is fully bury-able, so we don't actually have to take any cap hit on him if he's not performing. (That assume there's no NMC, which I think is a safe assumption.)

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

5-peat

Maroon 5

 

[Point21]

$1m is fully bury-able, so we don't actually have to take any cap hit on him if he's not performing. (That assume there's no NMC, which I think is a safe assumption.)

he has a 16 team NTC

 

[BoltzManConstant]

he has a 16 team NTC

Cool. Makes sense, since it doesn't keep us from fully burying his cap hit in Syracuse if his play falls off a cliff. And he probably doesn't want to leave Tampa at all (tho he could just retire if traded).

 

[Fabiobest]

Good signing: I'm happy to see Maroon in Tampa for a long time.
And maybe next years, I'll watch him playing live, who knows
Super happy

 

[Picklepete]

Awesome.. Love Big Rig.
Like to have a beer with him & Gronk.. Lol