Quoting: Spanky227
Not really, Marleau was a buyout. Rangers could easily retain up to half and probably get a late round pick. He makes 8.5 currently and he’s at least worth 5, but this is pointless since as I stated, any team that could afford to take his contract he would refuse to waive for (unless it was Colorado)
He is ranked 42nd in the NHL in GSAA, similar to Aaron Dell (1.9m) and Jack Campbell (1.65m). Of the 10 nearest ranked players. The highest paid player in that range is MAF, with 7m but he is considerably better and the only non-backup in his range.
He is ranked 44th in the NHL in GA%. Again, most players in his range are paid 1.5m-3.5m.
He had a QS% of .500, which was average for most backups.
No matter how you cut it he is a fairly good backup. The best backup's aren't paid more then 4m. Most of the backups with similar stats to him are making about 2m. I'll say he is worth 2.5m (which is generous), meaning he is overpaid by $6m. Over 2 years that's $12m. Even if you retain 50%, which you likely won't be able to afford then some team is paying an extra $6m. That's pretty much exactly how much Marleau had left to pay when he was bought out.