Brad Marchand - Greatest Contract Of All Time?

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Considering his lack of defensive awareness, the Pens are doing him a favour by keeping him financially comfortably employed.
Would probably be in the 2nd round of the playoffs already if Canadian Crosby Media (CCM) propaganda didn't still run rampant.

Woof, we just allowing all sorts of takes now, huh?

 

[Montreal Shadow]

The rat king now has the most playoff points ever for the Boston Bruins.

Pretty sure Bourque still holds the record.

 

[danisonfire]

Pretty sure Bourque still holds the record.

He has the record for Goals. Bourque has points.

 

[Goose]

and no one can deny the title of this thread.
Take all the 6 million a year players in the league ..... and then make a list of those better than Marchand. There is no list.

It's difficult to deny your interpretation when you just make stuff up, I agree with that.

Was the thread title "Best current $6 million player", or was it "Greatest contract of all time?" because there's a pretty big difference.

 

[CTHabsfan]

I doubt anyone who played prior to the establishment of the WHA would agree Marchand's contract is the "greatest of all-time".

 

[HabsQC]

Hell of a lick/$ ratio

 

[Juxta Position]

Yep, Leafs fan here and he's one of my fav players. If I hate anything it's the fact that he plays for Boston and is making $5M less than Marner and Tavares

Basically the difference between the Marner and Tavares contracts with the Marchand contract is Zach Hyman.....ouch

 

[Aurinko]

It's a contender for greatest contract. With couple cups it would be it.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

It is among the best contracts currently in today's NHL. Unsure if the greatest contract ever though.

 

[dgibb10]

Marchand is under a tremendous contract, but Crosby at $8.7M since 2008, spanning two contracts (2008-2013 and 2013-2025), is better.

Not by much, though. Marchand gets underrated, I think. If you prioritize clutch play when it really counts, he's one of the very best players in the game. He rarely shows up in those conversations, though.

The second contract was an absolute bargain, but crosby's 1st contract as a 1st time RFA wasn't any particular bargain.

It was 17.3% of the cap, walking him straight to UFA at only 5 years with a full NMC in the last year. If Crosby was more selfish he could have used that leverage to demand 11 mill+ AAV on his next deal.

 

[notbias]

Just over 6M a year for 8 years for a warrior, leader, and someone who saves his absolute best for the playoffs.

Does it get better than this?

You'd hope that the greatest contract ever would yield better results.

Also, no it isn't, even Bergeron's was better.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

As some others have said, Crosby at 8.7m through his entire career may be even better...

Even at this age, it's a pretty good value. He consistently has gone with the Tom Brady approach and took much less than what he could have to allow the team to build around him. (It's part of what's insulting at this current point of the way the club is managed).

His on-ice impact is apparent, but off the ice may be even more beneficial. He almost single-handedly saved the franchise, revitalized hockey interest in Pittsburgh, and was the face of the league for a while.

He could have demanded the keys to the city and it would have been an underpayment.


Edit: That's not to say Marchand's contract isn't great, but for what Sid provides as a total package it's hard to beat for the $8.7m price tag.

 

[PaulD]

It's difficult to deny your interpretation when you just make stuff up, I agree with that.

Was the thread title "Best current $6 million player", or was it "Greatest contract of all time?" because there's a pretty big difference.

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It's difficult to deny your interpretation when you just make stuff up, I agree with that.

Was the thread title "Best current $6 million player", or was it "Greatest contract of all time?" because there's a pretty big difference.

True. To an extent. But contract has two things. Player and dollar amount.
We can leave it subjective. Eg. Is Crosby contract at 9 mill better than Marchand at six. Then we can debate skill, cups, age.
So I'll say. Marchand at 6 mill a season all these years and still going blows away any contract that is not over 6 million dollar value.
Leading everyone in play offs so far not named McDavid.
Brad owns the leafs.

 

[Divine]

It’s not even the best contract in the league but it's a good contract for the team.

Sucks for Marchand that he signed as a 60 point player and then immediately broke out right after. He had a career high of 61 points when he signed that contract. Since signing that contract he never had less than 67 points.

 

[viper0220]

Not bad contract. Result in 1 title in 20 years.

If that is the case, what about Mitch”in” Marner, William “don’t cry bro” Nylander, Austin “I can score in the regular season” Matthews and John “I like to wear my Pajamas” Tavares.

How do their contracts match up?

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

McDaivid’s ELC 3x3.775 for 2xRoss 1xHart

 

[Toby91ca]

Sedins were getting paid $6.1 mill during their Art Ross x 2, Lindsay, and Hart winning seasons. Kesler at $5 mill for Selke and 40 goals as well.

The cap was also way lower then ~$56M vs. ~$88M today.

 

[DRW895]

At the moment of signing it was he real price. A little bit later he would got much more

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

The cap was also way lower then ~$56M vs. ~$88M today.

Correct, but Daniel and Henrik Sedin were still 37th and 38th in terms of highest paid players in 2011 when Daniel won the Art Ross and Lindsay.

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[Mick Riddleton]

Correct, but Daniel and Henrik Sedin were still 37th and 38th in terms of highest paid players in 2011 when Daniel won the Art Ross and Lindsay.

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Marchand is 127th highest paid amongst his peers this year.

 

[nbwingsfan]

I’d say it’s very comfortably in the top 5 since the cap era.

I don’t really count anything before that

 

[Mick Riddleton]

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You'd hope that the greatest contract ever would yield better results.

Also, no it isn't, even Bergeron's was better.

Small sample size but this series is probably why it gets a thread.

Marchand makes 6.125,000; he has 8 points.

Marner, Matthews, Reilly and Tavares are a bit over 41 million for a combined 7 points.

 

[Divine]

Small sample size but this series is probably why it gets a thread.

Marchand makes 6.125,000; he has 8 points.

Marner, Matthews, Reilly and Tavares are a bit over 41 million for a combined 7 points.

Yeah, it never made any sense.

Even if you’re just talking about based on this years sample size - Hyman’s contract is clearly better among active players.

So how can Marchand be the best contract of all time?

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

Marchand is 127th highest paid amongst his peers this year.

And he didn’t win the Art Ross, Lindsay, or Hart.

 

[PaulD]

Pretty sure Bourque still holds the record.

Marchand had the most play off goals.

Bourque most points