LEAFS - If Marleau retires

They should just hire Marleau to be a coach and place him on LTIR.

He has to have injury to be put on LTIR. Being slow and old in not an injury. League would investigate and would punish Toronto if they found they were trying to hide him due to cap problems.

Lets look at Zetts in Detroit, he was healthy enough to play all 82 games and than all of a sudden just as his front loaded contract slides down, he fails to make the team and is hidden on the IR ?

Yes he played all 82 games. But one he had at least one back surgery that I know of, had to leave the Olympics due to the back problem and did not practice very much the season he played 82 games. So there is a history of back problems and evidence of problems. He was also checked out by a slew of doctors both from the organization and by the NHL. Also I believe Holland knew that he was hanging the skates up when he signed Vanek. If he could have played that move would never of happened and we would still have been under the cap.

You will have to tell me all about the Marleau injuries, because from what I can remember he has been relatively healthy.

Everybody knows Zetts situation is fishy. He was healthy enough to earn the 7 million per season but the last 3 years of his contract drops to 3.3, 1 and 1 million. The evidence is right there. He retired not from injury, he retired for lack of interest of playing for the low $ amount. Though I guess it all doesn't matter since his contract was signed before he hit the age of 35 years old, unlike the Leafs and Marleau situation.