The Toronto Maple Leafs have decided against signing veteran defenceman Bryan Marchment.
Sources tell TSN that the Leafs have told Marchment they will not exercise an option to sign him to a contract for the 2005-06 NHL season.
Marchment, who played with the team prior to the lockout, had been at the Leafs' camp as an unrestricted free agent trying to earn a roster spot.
Marchment has indicated Toronto is the only team he was interested in finishing his NHL career with.
Sources say other NHL teams have inquired about his availability, but the veteran blueliner, to this point, has not been interested in uprooting his family from Toronto or leaving his family to play elsewhere.
Unless that changes, it is possible the 16-year career of the bruising blueliner could be over.