Ex-Bruin Marchand remains a playoff monster
The Florida Panthers’ Game 7 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday night determined two things. One is that the Bruins will be getting a first-round pick from the Panthers courtesy of the …
The Florida Panthers’ Game 7 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday night determined two things.
One is that the Bruins will be getting a first-round pick from the Panthers courtesy of the Brad Marchand trade. He just has to don the Panther sweater for one more playoff game – a virtual lock, considering how valuable he’s been to the defending champs – to guarantee a top-10 protected first-rounder in 2027 (it slides to 2028 if it’s a top 10 pick).
The other is that one or more very talented Leaf players will be available this summer after what certainly feels like a last-straw loss for a group of players that have specialized in mind-numbing Game 7 losses.
We’ll get back to the woebegone Leafs in a minute. But first, an ode to the former Bruins’ captain.
Though the Panthers will be coughing up a first-rounder for the 37-year-old who is now a third-line winger, Marchand has been a steal. Freed from the burden of having to score goals at a high rate – and, oh, he did pot an overtime winner in this series when the Panthers were teetering – Marchand is simply winning battles and races and, instead of forcing an attempt at a spectacular rush to the net and losing the puck as he had the last couple of years here, he’s making the more simple plays, getting pucks into the dangerous areas like he did on both his primary assists in the Game 7 blowout.
And the Panthers have needed his input and energy. Marchand and linemate Eetu Luostarinen lead the Panthers in playoff points, each with 3-9-12 and plus-11 stat lines. Meanwhile, Matthew Tkachuk, without a goal in the series, has not looked like himself since coming back from the injury he suffered in the Four Nations Faceoff while the Panthers’ Mr. Everything, Sasha Barkov, has not helped much on the scoreboard, going goal-less in the last four games of the series.
Marchand was a pivotal pickup by GM Bill Zito, and not just on the ice. It’s clear the personality and perspective that made him such a good leader here for so many years – even before he got the “C” – has given an already excellent Panthers team a boost at a time when it could have been hitting a wall after two straight trips to the Stanley Cup final.
Now only the Carolina Hurricanes stand in their way of a third. Whether that will help Marchand earn the contract that the Bruins were not willing to give – and it’s believed the offer was in the three-year, $6 million range – remains to be seen. But he clearly has some gas left in the tank.
The same cannot be said of the Leafs and their vaunted “Core Four.” While Auston Matthews and William Nylander will probably be staying because they’re locked up for three more years, it’s hard to imagine the Leafs ponying up another long-term eight-figure salary for the 28-year-old UFA Mitch Marner, despite the fact that the right wing had his best year with 102 points. With the season on the line, he did not produce, notching just one assist in the final four games of the Florida series. The feeling could very well be mutual for Marner, who seems to take the lion’s share of the criticism with each Toronto failure.
So, should the Bruins join the Marner sweepstakes on July 1? Despite the post-season shortcomings, Marner would be the kind of talent that doesn’t often hit the market in his prime, someone who can drive a line from the wing, a position that GM Don Sweeney wants to target. He also plays in all situations. Marner will no doubt fetch a deal that would be more than David Pastrnak’s top Bruins salary of $11.25 million, probably closer to the $13-14 million range.
The B’s are in need of high-end talent infusion, and the cap will be going up sharply over the next three years. He would be a very interesting, if the B’s needed to fill just one spot in their lineup. But clearly the B’s need more than just one big add and, let’s face it, Marner’s playoff failures are hard to ignore when you’re committing that much dough to one player. Whether or not the B’s are thinking this way, we’d take a reluctant pass.
Same goes for John Tavares. He’s also scheduled to be a UFA but will be 35 when the 2025-26 season begins. It wouldn’t be shocking if he takes a team-friendly deal to stay in his hometown.
But with two first-rounders in each of the 2026 and 2027 drafts, courtesy of the Marchand and Brandon Carlo deals, the B’s would be in good position to get aggressive and offer-sheet promising hard-nosed winger Matthew Knies, a restricted free agent. It’s not a strategy the B’s have employed before but they are at a crossroads. Now is as good a time as any to be bold. …
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