Adding Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand will not come at a heavy cost to the Florida Panthers bottom line this season.
The Panthers traded a conditional second-round pick to the rival Bruins on Friday to acquire Marchand, with Boston retaining half of Marchand's $6.125 million cap hit.
TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun points out that Marchand's expiring eight-year, $49 million contract was front-loaded and left just $4 million to be paid this season. With $3 million of that coming in signing bonus, LeBrun estimates the Panthers will pay Marchand just $125,000 for the remainder of the season after the retention by the Bruins. ahead of the deadline, spending almost $8.5 million of Tkachuk's $9.5 million cap hit.
It remains unclear how many games Marchand will pay for the Bruins before the playoffs with the veteran winger currently week-to-week with an upper-body injury. The conditional pick will upgrade to a first if Florida wins two rounds in the playoffs and Marchand plays in 50 per cent of their postseason games.Marchand was a staple in Boston, leading the team to their first Stanley Cup championship in 39 years in 2011.
“Brad is one of the most battle-hardened forwards in NHL history and a veteran who displays a relentless compete level whenever he steps onto the ice,” Zito said following the trade on Friday. “A champion and a proven leader in the locker room, Brad is the right fit for our club to compete for a Stanley Cup once again.”
Drafted 71st overall by the Bruins in 2006, Marchand has 422 goals and 976 points in 1,090 career games over 16 seasons in Boston.
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