Chris Johnston says maybe there's an injury or a trade. So it could be either. Or maybe they just aren't putting him on waivers, who knows? But that seems a little weird.
Cheaper contract, is an 8th D, maybe dedicated PK specialist?
Its a waste of a roster spot, he literally can't do anything but kill a penalty. The leafs will win the special team battle every game, so having a dedicated pk guy is a waste. If they are running their top 3 centres on 1 PP unit they can't afford to roll 3 centres so they need Lindholm, meaning to carry a 7th dman, you'd have to sit a winger. Sitting any winger over Marincin is utterly stupid.
Its a waste of a roster spot, he literally can't do anything but kill a penalty. The leafs will win the special team battle every game, so having a dedicated pk guy is a waste. If they are running their top 3 centres on 1 PP unit they can't afford to roll 3 centres so they need Lindholm, meaning to carry a 7th dman, you'd have to sit a winger. Sitting any winger over Marincin is utterly stupid.
I meant as in he is an 8th D, only sees like 10 games this year and is used as a pk specialist but yeah, don't sit anyone other than for rest over Marincin (unless he magically gets... not awful at everything else)