TSN's Pierre LeBrun reported the Boston Bruins "would certainly be open to bringing him back" and that the Leafs, along with the Bruins, "hope to talk to him" when the free agency window opens on Tuesday. Florida already brought back Conn Smythe winner Sam Bennett. That makes bringing back Marchand the team's top priority.

The veteran GM put his stamp on the Kings with two high-risk bets on the back end in Cody Ceci and Brian Dumoulin at the combined cost of $8.5 million. At that price, it would’ve been better to just overpay Gavrikov — at least you know he’s a rock-solid top-four defenseman. These guys? Not so much. Maybe they were at one point, just not anymore.