Quoting: TMLSage
The Boston Bruins are asking the BOG/BOE for the permission to waive the NMC of the following players: Chara, Marchand, Backes.
I am aware of trying to keep the game realistic, but I have had multiple trade offers regarding the following players and having the ability to move them would increase my flexibility in trade negoitiations with out General Managers. In addition, I would like to enter a rebuild path for the Bruins so the following players would be angry if they had to stay.
Thank you for taking the time to read this,
Regards,
TML Sage, Boston GM
Side Note: I have had over 6+ offers on Marchand that are pending on approval.
Yes to Chara; no to Marchand.
If you're gonna rebuild this year, then it's perfectly reasonable for Chara to want to go. Despite being the team captain, there's a very high chance that this will be his last year. It's only natural for him to want to chase a Cup accordingly. There's also precedent for trading a longtime captain to a Cup contender; it happened with Eric Staal, the face of the Hurricanes. And Staal still had much more left in the tank than Chara does now.
Chara approved 1-0
As for Marchand, I highly doubt he would give up on the Bruins this early, as he just signed a multi-year extension last winter. He's a face of the franchise, and he wouldn't have signed that extension if he was unhappy. I'd say Marchy demanding a trade now is akin to Jamie Benn demanding a trade last season. If you visibly tear down the team's core, we might revisit this, but as of now, I think the real-life Marchy would prefer to stay in Boston.
Marchand rejected 0-1
Backes I'll abstain from. He's still early into his contract, like Marchand, but he doesn't have the same ties to Boston that Marchy does. I need to think about this one a little more, but for now, I will not cast a vote on it.
Backes abstained 0-0