Marleau being shopped around

[cabber24]

Kind of feel bad for him until I looked at his house listing... he is going to be fine.

In hindsight, I am very surprised at how this played out. The family plotline during his stay here led me to believe he was 1000% committed to seeing this through. Did the team steer him away? Did he simply sign here because of $? Was he mislead that he would be given an opportunity to win here? Did his play dictate this move? I am guessing it's a combination of all of the above.

The only fit I see is PHX, a self-imposed cap with lot's of cap space and a Marleau at $1.5M real dollars is a decent value.

 

[Deebo]

Kind of feel bad for him until I looked at his house listing... he is going to be fine.

In hindsight, I am very surprised at how this played out. The family plotline during his stay here led me to believe he was 1000% committed to seeing this through. Did the team steer him away? Did he simply sign here because of $? Was he mislead that he would be given an opportunity to win here? Did his play dictate this move? I am guessing it's a combination of all of the above.

The only fit I see is PHX, a self imposed cap with lot's of cap space and a Marleau at $1.5M real dollars is a decent value, could be less than $1.5M if the Leafs retain any.

Coyotes don't have a lot of cap space, they have 74M commited

 

[Zee]

I wouldn't be able to afford the property tax on that mansion nevermind the place itself. Maybe Marner can buy it after he signs for a quadrillion a year.

 

[Kin]

It's tough to know for sure, but I have a feeling a trade is already done - they're just waiting to pay his July 1st signing bonus.

I'm no insider, though.

Maybe. With his family going back to San Jose regardless though that house/mansion/castle sure would have felt pretty empty. Even if he ends up staying I'd imagine he'd want to sell that and move into something a touch smaller. Properties like that also aren't the easiest to sell so it might take a little while.

The thing this says to me is that whatever professional aims Marleau had in signing here, the personal ones didn't really work out. Buying a house like that, doing custom work on it and moving his family out here is a pretty serious thing that goes beyond just playing the real estate game.

That's ok. His family are west coast people and for whatever reason living here just didn't work out. Toronto's not for everyone.

But I think this speaks to why people obsessing over things like LA's title chances are missing the mark so badly. I don't think this move is one done lightly. I think this represents a real shift for Marleau in terms of what he had planned and so he's probably going to let professional considerations maybe take a back seat to other things in what probably figures to be his last year in the league.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

The thing this says to me is that whatever professional aims Marleau had in signing here, the personal ones didn't really work out. Buying a house like that, doing custom work on it and moving his family out here is a pretty serious thing that goes beyond just playing the real estate game.

When he originally signed I wonder if he thought him and his family would be staying in Toronto for awhile even after his contract expired. Like you said, buying that house thinking you'd only stay there for max 3 years seems a little odd.

 

[Kin]

When he originally signed I wonder if he thought him and his family would be staying in Toronto for awhile even after his contract expired. Like you said, buying that house thinking you'd only stay there for max 3 years seems a little odd.

Yeah, like you said, the thing about properties like that(not that I have first hand experience) is that selling them isn't quite like selling other things in what is usually a crazy hot housing market. People who have 10+ million to spend on a home tend to be pretty particular about what they want and it can take a long time to match buyer and seller(and frequently with asking prices getting lowered).

To me, that says something went awry.

 

[Deebo]

The house was also on the market in October 2018 for 92 days, according to a realtor friend of mine.

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

I wouldn't be able to afford the property tax on that mansion nevermind the place itself. Maybe Marner can buy it after he signs for a quadrillion quintillion a year.

Paul Marner edited your post.

 

[Kin]

The house was also on the market in October 2018 for 92 days, according to a realtor friend of mine.

Definitely possible if the plan was maybe to move this summer regardless.

 

[bustaheims]

The house was also on the market in October 2018 for 92 days, according to a realtor friend of mine.

Not surprising. There's been talk about Marleau's family wanting to move back to San Jose for a while now.

 

[Kin]

The only fit I see is PHX, a self-imposed cap with lot's of cap space and a Marleau at $1.5M real dollars is a decent value.

I'm pretty sure it would be 2.75, not 1.5. People were saying Marleau's signing bonus is in two installments. One on July 1st and the other in December.

 

[bustaheims]

Coyotes don't have a lot of cap space, they have 74M commited

~$5.3M of that is Hossa, who is LTIR-bound. None of their RFAs are going to command big money, and, after that, they have an almost complete roster. They have the room. It's really more of a questions of whether or not they'd be willing to basically forego the UFA market (or, more likely, if they strike out in the UFA market).

 

[Deebo]

Coyotes don't have a lot of cap space, they have 74M commited

~$5.3M of that is Hossa, who is LTIR-bound. None of their RFAs are going to command big money, and, after that, they have an almost complete roster. They have the room. It's really more of a questions of whether or not they'd be willing to basically forego the UFA market (or, more likely, if they strike out in the UFA market).

I was more talking about how they don't need to take on a large cap hit to help get to the floor, but I guess that wasn't what was suggested.

 

[princedpw]

Coyotes don't have a lot of cap space, they have 74M commited

~$5.3M of that is Hossa, who is LTIR-bound. None of their RFAs are going to command big money, and, after that, they have an almost complete roster. They have the room. It's really more of a questions of whether or not they'd be willing to basically forego the UFA market (or, more likely, if they strike out in the UFA market).

There are also quite a number of other teams that can use that cap space: Vegas, Calgary, Winnipeg, Tampa,  ...

This could be the year bidding for cap space becomes just about as exciting as bidding for free agents