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Brad Marchand: the best-invested $109,375 in Panthers history
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Brad Marchand: the best-invested $109,375 in Panthers history
Credit: Game 2 of the series between the Panthers and Hurricanes kicks off in about 30 minutes’ time. The Hurricanes will be keen to avoid defeat for the second consecutive game… especially as the series then moves to Florida. Jesperi Kotkaniemi will be left out by Rod Brind’Amour, who wants to stir the pot. And the […]
Game 2 of the series between the Panthers and Hurricanes kicks off in about 30 minutes’ time. The Hurricanes will be keen to avoid defeat for the second consecutive game… especially as the series then moves to Florida.

Jesperi Kotkaniemi will be left out by Rod Brind’Amour, who wants to stir the pot.

And the Hurricanes have their work cut out for them, because at the moment, the Panthers really do look untouchable. The club’s top-6 is solid, but it’s their third line that dominates: Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen and Brad Marchand are giving the other teams a hard time.

And we’re talking about Marchand, who now has 12 points in 13 games in the current series. He’s as hateful as ever… and above all, he seems really happy in Florida.

Even today, he praised the culture at the Panthers.

However, this morning on BPM Sports, Anthony Desaulniers pointed out an interesting fact about Marchand: if we look purely in terms of money, the little pest cost the Panthers a grand total of… $109,375.

His cap hit is $6.125M, but in real money, Marchand is getting $4M this season, $3M of which was paid to him in signing bonuses. That leaves $1 million in salary… which was paid by the Bruins for a good part of the year, and for which the Panthers only had to pay 50% for a few weeks. So, all in all, the Panthers only paid $109,375… and the bill won’t increase, since the players aren’t paid during the playoffs.

More importantly, in the same column, Renaud Lavoie insists that Marchand is really happy in Florida right now. He’s heard rumours that a return to the Bruins for 2025-26 is a possibility… but listening to the informant speak, we understand that Marchand is very happy in Florida.

Between you and me, I think it would be surprising to see him play in another uniform next season. And if he manages to win the Stanley Cup as well, it’ll be hard for him to pass up the opportunity to stay with a team that has proven to him that it’s competitive.


Overtime

– Attention all interested parties.

– The Leafs won’t necessarily hire someone to replace Brendan Shanahan.

– Indeed.

– That’s right.

– Too bad.

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