LongtimeLeafsufferer
Joined: Jul. 2015
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First, Marleau can't/won'be traded. Is there no meaning to his NMC? And why trade Zaitsev? If he plays well he worth 4.5m a year. If he isn't playing well, he's impossible to trade without retention.
Your figures on the big three signings....if deserved yep the Leafs might have trade one. So what? For example Nylander. If he's a 7m player as you say, the Leafs can trade him good inexpensive value in return.
Having to many good players on fair contracts is not a problem.
PS. I wish Marleau hadn't been signed. Not saying he isn't deserving of 6.25m (see JVR, Kane contracts), the money could have been elsewhere.