BOMBSHELL: Brad Marchand STUNS NHL With SHOCKING 6-Year Deal, Did Bruins DODGE A BULLET Here?

BOMBSHELL: Brad Marchand STUNS NHL With SHOCKING 6-Year Deal, Did Bruins DODGE A BULLET Here?

The biggest, most shocking, the most shocking free agency contract so far has to belong to the Florida Panthers and it’s Brad Marshand. There were rumors about the Bruins and the Leafs and maybe even Utah trying to get Brad Marshian. Bruins trying to get him back after denying a three-year deal before the trade deadline and sending him down to Florida. that wasn’t going to happen because he signed a sixyear deal worth $32 million. When I saw that come across, I was literally taking a swig of water and almost choked. That’s got to be one of the most shocking free agent deals of all time. Brad Marshian’s a terrific player. Brad Marshian’s a great player. He’s coming off a great postseason. He just won the Stanley Cup. He fits the Florida Panthers perfectly. I get that. Brad Marshian’s also 37 years old and they signed him to a six-year contract. And I know people are saying, “Oh, well, you know, in a couple years with the way the cap’s going up, 5.5 million for a guy who’s not playing, not that big a deal.” It’s not a big money. It’s not big money. Five and a half million in four or five years. But if he’s not playing, that’s huge money for someone who’s not on your team. I hope Marshian does make it the life of the contract just because I’m a Brad Marshian fan. But you’re banking on him playing in the postseason at age 43. Run it out there. I mean, let’s less we forget this dude did have three surgeries going into this past season. All right. It’s not like he is a spring chicken here even at age 37. This is not Tom Brady pliability. I truly cannot believe someone gave him a six-year contract. And it’s once again Bill Zto being an absolute wizard by getting this done. Like say all you want about the Panthers, man, credit to him. They got this done. The Bruins 1,000% dodged a bullet on this Brad Marian deal. I didn’t want them to give him a third year to go through age 39 or in this case age 40. I didn’t want them to do that in March. There’s no chance I would want them to do a six-year deal in July. That just doesn’t benefit anybody for the Bruins and where they’re at right now. And not just a a money standpoint or a year standpoint, but let’s be honest here. This is not the Bruins of 2011. These are not the Bruins of 2019. It’s not even the Bruins of two years ago, okay? They need to be done with that era. They need to clean break from their Stanley Cup window because it’s not there anymore. And you would just be spinning your wheels if you just said, “Yeah, Brad Marshian, bring him back. Let’s make him the third or fourth highest play paid player on the team and just put the captainc back on his sweater.” That would be a move in reverse. Even though I think Marshian has some good hockey left in him. the Bruins did the right thing by trading him when they did and moving on. They’ll say it’s a retool. It’s a rebuild and they need to move on. And that’s what they’re doing by doing this. This was a good thing that Don Sweeney did to get a first round pick for him. I think they probably should have got a little bit more. But the alternative now was not making the playoffs anyway with Brad Marshand on your roster and him taking a four or fiveear deal somewhere else and losing him for nothing. Okay, this was a good thing that the Bruins did not go and try to resign him for the years, for the money, and for the just mental capacity of moving on. It sucks. It sucks that he’s going to be in your division and you’re going to play against him a lot. And no doubt there’s going to be some incident, right? There’s going to be some incident that he does against a Bruin. He and Sam Bennett just cheapshotting people. Like that’s probably going to happen and that stinks. And he’s going to retire a Florida Panther, but it’s good to move on here. Doesn’t mean you don’t look in the mirror. Doesn’t mean you don’t try to get better. doesn’t mean you reevaluate and look at why Brad Marshian certainly wouldn’t want to come back here in free agency even if it were a three-year deal because I don’t think he would have. But it’s probably best to just move on. Okay? It’s a good thing to do. I’ll tell you what though. I’ll tell you what, for those of you who don’t buy into the no state income tax argument, maybe check what the Florida Panthers have done this summer. Maybe check what the Vegas Golden Knights just did with Mitch Martyr. Maybe check what the Dallas Stars did with Miko Rantin. Okay, somehow someway the Panthers fit into their books. Aaron Eblad, Sam Bennett, and Brad Marshant in this off season. Bennett and Marshand combined for what 29 goals in the postseason and the Panthers were able to keep them with minimal cap room. Bennett 8 million, Marian 5 a.5 million, Eblad 5 a.5 million. You think they were getting more than that on the open market? Of course they were. Those were three of the biggest free agents in the class and Florida brought them all back at a discount. If you want to say it’s an unfair advantage, whatever. But it’s definitely an advantage. Okay. Mitch Mner is a 100point guy in his prime with a new increased salary cap. Leon Dryid is getting paid 14 million. Mitch Mner gets 12. Colorado had a 100 point score in Miko Rantin and didn’t think they were going to be able to resign him because they thought they’d have to go to 14 or 15 million. He goes to a state with no income tax and bam 8 by 12 just like Mitch Martner’s contract. Huh? And you really don’t think this has to this factors in at all. You really don’t. Again, this is not me saying that that’s the only reason those teams are good. Okay, Vegas always pulls money out of their ass, but Dallas and Florida have two of the best GMs in the sport. Don’t get me wrong, but it’s pretty dumb to say that’s not an advantage at this point. I don’t think any team that has income tax would have been able to do what the Florida Panthers just did. No team. I don’t think the Oilers would be able to. And I get it. They’ve lost the last two Stanley Cup finals, but they’ve been in the last two Stanley Cup finals. They wouldn’t be able to pull that off. They just signed Evan Bushard for 10 and a half. They’re not going to be able to pull off, hey, why don’t you take why don’t you take eight? Why don’t you take seven? Florida be able to do that. It’s again, I don’t think there’s a ton of people, this is a huge misconception that hockey fans think that some hockey fans are saying that Florida’s only good because they have that tax benefit. No, but you’re also stupid to think that’s not an advantage. Of course, that’s an advantage. They’re well-run organizations. Nashville, for example, is not and doesn’t have a state income tax. But that’s a huge advantage. There’s no way the Bruins or the Leafs could have taken Brad Marshian at 5 a.5 million. There’s no way the Seattle Kraken could have got Narin Neckblad at 5.5 million. And there’s no way Montreal could have got Sam Bennett at 8 million. There’s just no way. You’re lying to yourself if you think that’s true. So, this is a win for the Boston Bruins in some ways to not get Brad Marshand, but the things the Florida Panthers are doing this summer with Aaron Ecklad, Sam Bennett, and Brad Marshand is a huge win for the state income tax argument people. Huge win. Because no team outside of those ones that don’t have state income tax would be able to pull that off. Nobody. But let me know what you think in the comments section below. Be sure to like the video and subscribe to the channel if you think this Brad Marshian deal is insane for Florida. Uh we’re well on the path towards 4,000 subscribers. Need your help getting there. 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Bruins fans, the Brad Marchand free agency saga has taken a wild turn! After winning the Stanley Cup with Florida, Marchand has officially signed a SIX-YEAR, $31.5 million contract to stay with the Panthers. At 37 years old, this long-term commitment has the hockey world buzzing – and not necessarily in a good way!

Join host Cam Stuart of “The Cam Show” as he unleashes his unfiltered take on why this deal for Marchand, extending through his age-43 season, is a massive gamble for Florida. Cam dives into the potential pitfalls of such a lengthy contract for an aging veteran, even one as productive as Marchand. We’ll analyze the cap implications for the Panthers in the coming years and, crucially, discuss why the Boston Bruins, who were rumored to be interested in a reunion, may have just dodged a significant bullet by not pursuing such an aggressive term. Was this a genius move by the Panthers, or a future albatross? Tune in for the full, honest breakdown!

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