4 Teams In Low-Tax States Marchessault May Accept Trade To

Jonathan Marchessult, Nashville Predators

Jonathan Marchessault has played 714 out of 716 career NHL games in low-tax states. It seems like he enjoys bringing in more money than many other players in the league and it doesn't appear like that is going to change. According to Elliotte Friedman, if Marchessault gets traded, he would have already asked to have gone somewhere with low taxes similar to Nashville so his contract wouldn't be worth less.

Marchessault has a full no-move clause for three of his four more years on his $5.5 million AAV deal with the Nashville Predators, but after the struggles of the team and the lack of direction, his time could be done sooner than later.

Given the Predators gave Marchessault the contract with his control over whether he stays or goes, it makes sense he wouldn't want to make less by being moved somewhere else. While he isn't Cup chasing since he has won one and was the Conn Smythe winner, most players likely want to win and enjoy more success.

All of the teams in low-tax states did well this season other than Nashville and the Seattle Kraken. Nothing went right in Nashville, but Seattle is building something after recently coming into the league. They could be better next season and have already started to make moves. I don't think they are done, so Marchessault could accept a trade there if anything gets that far.

There are four other teams in low-tax states, but the Vegas Golden Knights did not end things well with Marchessault and I don't think he wants to go back. They are trying to clear cap to sign Mitch Marner anyways.

As for the other three, Marchessault has played for two of them. The veteran may have played two games to start his career on the Columbus Blue Jackets, but played on the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers in the following years. Things ended better than in Vegas and both teams in Florida are winners. The final team is the Dallas Stars. They have their own salary cap problems, so I don't think it lines up for them this offseason, but you never know. Don't sleep on a Marchessault trade this summer.