Hobiesens wrote:I'd totally do a trade for an extended Seth Jones. Marner and his cap hit is a hard no.
Don't think Jones would sign here.
For Marner, the cap hit would be mostly irrelevant for the Sens. Leafs would pay his $9,608,000 signing bonus on July 1. So then he would be owed $24,800,000 over four seasons, which is an average of $6.2 million per year. The issue would be that it is mostly all in signing bonuses. However if you move Dadonov (without considering other pieces) as part of the deal, that's $11,500,000 going out the door, which would mean the net salary addition by bringing in Marner would only be $13,300,000 or $3,325,000 per year. Maybe Murray could be moved instead/as well. He played three seasons under Dubas in Soo.
He has shown to not be the best playoff guy, but in the regular season he'd be what we need. A playmaker with superstar offensive ability. And his remaining salary cost would be much less than a player of his caliber should make.