The Vegas Golden Knights, who have faced severe scrutiny regarding their salary cap ethics find themselves in a bind and are looking to off load some of their assets to make room in their budget. The team only has $897,516.00 in cap space to use for the 2024-2025 season, and its looking like Marchessault is the prime candidate to be moving on.
For the Boston Bruins, a team currently looking to rebuild and clean house, are looking at the potential to bring in the veteran 40 goal scorer. If this trade were to come to fruition, it would be a blockbuster trade that would send schock waves down the league. So what would it take to bring Marchessault to the Boston Bruins?
Marchessault scored 69 points 42 G, 27 A in 82 regular season games this season with the Vegas Golden Knights and is due a for an increase in salary due to stellar performance. Marchessault is rumoured to be seeking a long-term contract upwards of $6.5 Million AAV, for 6-7 years.
Don Sweeny and the Boston Bruins have an astounding 20 million in free cap space to work with, although Marchessault will not be cheap, he brings a championship calibre and work ethic the Bruins would benefit from. Should the Bruins go after Marchessault?
