Sportsnet: Marleau only wants to play in SJ, will require direct trade or trade to team who buys him out.

[unicornpig]

Either play out your contract or retire. What a baby

 

[BatVader]

So, who is buying Marleau out?

I’m going with Ottawa

 

[Juxtaposer]

Hahahahahahaha lmao this is great. Hey, if someone wants to buy him out, I’ll happily take Marleau at league minimum to play on our fourth line.

 

[Satanphonehome]

Is it correct that the buyout will cost the acquiring team a $6.2 million hit on the cap?

That’s a big ask

 

[SeaOfBlue]

fits with my call of
Staal at half for Marleau at full pop.
Staal becomes very cheap to buy this yr, for some reason

we have a logjam at LD and I want to give him a good home

Marleau, had envisioned as 2RW on a line w/Kreider and Nieves, but if his heart is set on SJ, we can promise to flip him to sharks for a conditional 7th and settle for cap space.
If SJ wants us to eat half for his expiring contract, we can do that, and the cost with these #s would be swapping a future 2nd for a future 3rd.

Deal?

We'd eat 50%. The problem is SJS can't even afford that.

 

[MyBudJT]

If Marleau really wants to be back in San Jose, I wonder if he’d be willing to accept a mutual contract termination.

 

[danielpalfredsson]

So now Kipper is a legit source?

Ok.

He is legit as can be when he is saying what a fan base wants to hear.

He's a weasel when he's dropping bombs like this.

It makes perfect sense. It was hugely surprising when there were rumors that Marleau would waive to go out West. This trade is complicated to make because a team buying out Marleau is on the hook for his bonuses. There's no way for the Leafs to pay the bonuses if another team is going to buy him out. Leafs are basically asking teams to take almost 4 million in dead cash. That requires a premium asset.

Most of these cap dumps that get traded are superficial cap hits with very little cash owed.

 

[Liferleafer]

Hahahahahahaha lmao this is great. Hey, if someone wants to buy him out, I’ll happily take Marleau at league minimum to play on our fourth line.

I'm good with that....anyone want to buy him out?

 

[Peter Griffin]

What does a Marleau buy out look like?

No cap savings as he’s 35+ contract.

 

[Syckle78]

Either play out your contract or retire. What a baby

Well he's on a 35+ contract so him retiring is cool too.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

San Jose can't afford Marleau even at $3.125M. They'd have interest in him at the league minimum. Leafs need to trade him to somebody who will buy him out if they actually want to make this happen.

 

[ToDavid]

Disagree.

Marleau already knows a deal is done, otherwise his house wouldn't already be on the market.

Deal will happen after his signing bonus is paid.

His family moved back. Whether he’s traded or not I doubt he wants to stay in the huge mansion they were living in.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

If Marleau really wants to be back in San Jose, I wonder if he’d be willing to accept a mutual contract termination.

Isnt that leavin a nice chunk of money on the table... why help toronto? They havnt exactly done much for him... kinda a mess

 

[mouser]

What do you think it would cost Toronto to get a team to buy him out? A 2nd or Bracco? Ottawa should do it after July 1. Or before July 1, for all I care. I'd throw in pick 44 if Bracco was involved, he's worth a high 2nd and is developed, adding Marleau probably lowers his value to around 44.

$3.83m to buyout Marleau. If you factor in the roster replacement player then the cost goes to $4.6m+.

I can’t speak for GM’s out there, but I’d want a lot more then a 2nd or Bracco to burn that much cash.

 

[themelkman]

Id be way ok with having him for league min to end out the career

 

[Ishad]

Detroit could do this depending on the return.

 

[yvrtojfk]

The Leafs won't be adding Kapanen to ship out Marleau....

Honestly, I'd take a 2nd round pick. Anything. f*** benning.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

What do we need in our bottom 6? Speed, size, pk ability. Two years ago, Patty had all three of those things in spades. We don’t need 20 goals out of him, but if he can be adequate on a third line (maybe w/Jumbo and Labanc/Sorensen), while playing on the PK. That’d be a huge win.

2 years ago he was pretty good but this past season he slowed down quite a bit. But i guess if he gets bought out and signs an absurdly cheap deal, that should be ok

 

[Liferleafer]

He is legit as can be when he is saying what a fan base wants to hear.

He's a weasel when he's dropping bombs like this.

It makes perfect sense. It was hugely surprising when there were rumors that Marleau would waive to go out West. This trade is complicated to make because a team buying out Marleau is on the hook for his bonuses. There's no way for the Leafs to pay the bonuses if another team is going to buy him out. Leafs are basically asking teams to take almost 4 million in dead cash. That requires a premium asset.

Most of these cap dumps that get traded are superficial cap hits with very little cash owed.

Works both ways....Kipper is legit now...but if it's positive news about the Leafs, he's a doofus.

To put this into perspective....this is the same guy that said the Leafs were going to trade Marner as Babcock had no faith in him as a player.

 

[BatVader]

Is it correct that the buyout will cost the acquiring team a $6.2 million hit on the cap?

That’s a big ask

 

[Liferleafer]

Honestly, I'd take a 2nd round pick. Anything. **** benning.

I would easily ship a 2nd.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

If Marleau really wants to be back in San Jose, I wonder if he’d be willing to accept a mutual contract termination.

God no.. He will lose out on a ton of money if thats even doable

 

[sheed36]

If Marleau really wants to be back in San Jose, I wonder if he’d be willing to accept a mutual contract termination.

Multi year 35+ contracts cannot be mutually terminated.

Edit: Looks like they can be mutually terminated but the cap hit still remains.

 

[Vitto79]

So Marleau w Brown to Colorado for a 7th

Sharks payback him the minimum

 

[mouser]

If Marleau really wants to be back in San Jose, I wonder if he’d be willing to accept a mutual contract termination.

A) termination doesn’t remove Marleau’s cap hit.

B) if Marleau goes for termination he’s not getting any of his 2019-20 signing bonus money, and might even be forced to repay a million or two of the signing bonus money he’s already collected.