“There’s definitely no loyalty but, at the same time, you’re there to win. I don’t mind that mindset, personally,” Marchessault said. “Obviously, I’m disappointed that I left. I didn’t have any real things to consider and that’s what disappointed me. I thought I had done good enough in the past seven years for them that I could deserve what I deserved. I was not asking for something outrageous, I was not trying to steal the bank or anything.
“But it’s life and you move on, and they’re still going to have a really good team … and only the future will tell us if they were right or wrong.”
fellowENT18
I will always love Marchy, I hope to see his number in the rafters. But I think sticking to a 3 year offer was the right move. He’ll be 38 at the end of that contract and let’s be honest, he won’t be putting up 40 goal seasons much longer. We can’t keep strapping ourselves to a forever aging roster. I wish Marchy the best and GKG
rocketrae21
Finally some details saying we was asking for a 4 year contract and they wanted to give him 3 years. No AAV mentioned but at least some more information. We may never learn the AAV. I mean to me the 1 year probably doesn’t matter, I don’t think the window will still be open in 4 years but maybe that’s not how the front office sees it.
Canon_In_E
I will still love him, but Marchy has really been annoying me with these comments.
laxfreeze
I think it’s refreshing to hear the honesty from some of these guys. Also, it feels good to read that management really did do everything right by him apart from budging from 3-4 years. They would’ve paid him, but they weren’t willing to give him everything he wanted. Sounds solid to me, just unfortunate neither side would budge that final step to get it over the finish line here in Vegas.
LarsSantiago
3 years was a fair deal especially if they were offering 7 mil like ive reason. He wanted 2 more years in Nashville and he made his choice. Can’t be mad at anyone here.
NoahtheRed
Yeah, no bad actors here. I think our offer was honestly pretty generous considering the factors at play, but also I don’t blame him in the slightest for not being willing to take that offer. My guess is that both sides kind of just jumped to the final stage of negotiations and skipped the haggling entirely.
friskyjude
I’ve seen some of these quotes flying around and people getting fired up over it, but honestly, I don’t think he said anything unfair.
Frankly, the fact that he had to call Kelly and George personally because they stopped responding to his agent is a little upsetting. So is the fact that one year was enough of a sticking point for both sides that the deal fell apart.
Still, at least he didn’t trash the org on the way out. He handled it with more grace than a lot of people would (including me).
upvotegoblin
Dude wanted us to lock him up and pay him 7 mil until he’s 39 or whatever and the team has “no loyalty” for understanding what a terrible move that is. We were offering him comprable AAV, and he wanted the longer security. I don’t blame him but saying stuff like this is so dumb.
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“There’s definitely no loyalty but, at the same time, you’re there to win. I don’t mind that mindset, personally,” Marchessault said. “Obviously, I’m disappointed that I left. I didn’t have any real things to consider and that’s what disappointed me. I thought I had done good enough in the past seven years for them that I could deserve what I deserved. I was not asking for something outrageous, I was not trying to steal the bank or anything.
“But it’s life and you move on, and they’re still going to have a really good team … and only the future will tell us if they were right or wrong.”
I will always love Marchy, I hope to see his number in the rafters. But I think sticking to a 3 year offer was the right move. He’ll be 38 at the end of that contract and let’s be honest, he won’t be putting up 40 goal seasons much longer. We can’t keep strapping ourselves to a forever aging roster. I wish Marchy the best and GKG
Finally some details saying we was asking for a 4 year contract and they wanted to give him 3 years. No AAV mentioned but at least some more information. We may never learn the AAV. I mean to me the 1 year probably doesn’t matter, I don’t think the window will still be open in 4 years but maybe that’s not how the front office sees it.
I will still love him, but Marchy has really been annoying me with these comments.
I think it’s refreshing to hear the honesty from some of these guys. Also, it feels good to read that management really did do everything right by him apart from budging from 3-4 years. They would’ve paid him, but they weren’t willing to give him everything he wanted. Sounds solid to me, just unfortunate neither side would budge that final step to get it over the finish line here in Vegas.
3 years was a fair deal especially if they were offering 7 mil like ive reason. He wanted 2 more years in Nashville and he made his choice. Can’t be mad at anyone here.
Yeah, no bad actors here. I think our offer was honestly pretty generous considering the factors at play, but also I don’t blame him in the slightest for not being willing to take that offer. My guess is that both sides kind of just jumped to the final stage of negotiations and skipped the haggling entirely.
I’ve seen some of these quotes flying around and people getting fired up over it, but honestly, I don’t think he said anything unfair.
Frankly, the fact that he had to call Kelly and George personally because they stopped responding to his agent is a little upsetting. So is the fact that one year was enough of a sticking point for both sides that the deal fell apart.
Still, at least he didn’t trash the org on the way out. He handled it with more grace than a lot of people would (including me).
Dude wanted us to lock him up and pay him 7 mil until he’s 39 or whatever and the team has “no loyalty” for understanding what a terrible move that is. We were offering him comprable AAV, and he wanted the longer security. I don’t blame him but saying stuff like this is so dumb.