Marincin has now signed four short-term deals with the club since arriving via trade from Edmonton in June of 2015 — three one-year deals and one two-year deal. Marincin has also cleared waivers a few times when bouncing back and forth to the Marlies, where he’s spent 65 regular-season games and 20 playoff games, winning the Calder Cup with the AHL club as part of their shutdown defense pairing in 2018.
It’s rare for a seventh or eighth defenseman to stick with one NHL club for as long as Marincin has (going on five years), but Sheldon Keefe recently spoke to Marincin’s suitability to the role as an extra who needs to be ready when called upon in the case of injury, such as when the Leafs lost Jake Muzzin to a broken foot recently.