37-year-old, Marchy inks a 6-yr deal to stay with FLA. Thoughts?

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Old friend, Brad Marchand, will not be returning to the black and gold... 37-year-old, Marchy inks a 6-yr deal to stay with Panthers. Thoughts on deal?

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00:00How about old friend, old dear friend, Brad Marchand, who apparently is going to play until

00:08he is eligible for AARP.

00:11Benjamin Button.

00:12Brad Marchand signs a six-year deal with the Florida Panthers.

00:19It is worth $32 million.

00:21We spent some time yesterday debating what Toronto would pay him or what the Bruins would

00:30pay him.

00:31The Bruins were chomping at the bit to talk to him today.

00:34They won't get that opportunity.

00:36But they get that deal done, Shime.

00:41They got the deal done for Ekbar.

00:44Ekblad.

00:46And they signed Bennett.

00:49So they have guys that are signed up there until 2030.

00:54Yeah, they're loaded.

00:55Yeah, they have that core locked down.

00:57Like, this is going to be a very competitive team for the very foreseeable future.

01:02The only thing they don't have locked down is the goalie.

01:05Well, no, they do have him locked down.

01:09I think the way his deal works, I might be wrong about this, but I think he is owed $10

01:16million this upcoming season.

01:19Okay.

01:19And then that drops, I believe, when it comes to goalie Bob Roski.

01:23So it looks like, and this is just according to SpotTrack, it looks like he is owed $10 million

01:29this year, but then he is an unrestricted free agent in 26-27.

01:33Okay.

01:33So Wiggy is correct about that.

01:34But they'll get him locked down.

01:36No, I'm not saying they won't.

01:38Why is Don Sweeney still in his job?

01:40I don't know.

01:41He has misread the market on so many of these.

01:44And the deal they offered him before they traded him was two years, $12 million.

01:49That was the same salary, two years.

01:51And now he's sitting here with a six-year deal with over $6 million AAV.

01:57Yeah.

01:57That guy, Bill Zito, who is the GM of the Panthers, is the GM of the century.

02:04I mean, you're able to put that team together and then you're able to keep them all there

02:09and extend them well into the future and make a giant run dynasty-wise.

02:16Well, I don't know.

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