I pray Marchand gets traded because then we could theoretically throw money at him for a couple years to give us a vet leader to help Dahlin kick some players in the ass.
My guess its because they subtracted Necas to get him
If Rantanen walks and they don't win the Cup; they will have weakened their NHL team as a whole for nothing.
With the cap going up, 2x4 is a solid deal for a bot 6 guy with defensive chops, physicality and size.
Plus if he’s injured frequently we aren’t exactly handcuffed to anything too unwieldy