Bruins trading captain Brad Marchand to Panthers, pending call with NHL: Sources
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Brad Marchand’s wish was to play his full career as a Boston Bruin. That will not happen. The Bruins are sending their captain to the Florida Panthers. The return was not immediately known.
Bruins trade Marchand to rival Panthers at NHL trade deadline: Report
According to reports, the Bruins are trading their captain and long-time veteran Brad Marchand to the Florida Panthers.
It seemed impossible just a few months ago, but Brad Marchand is no longer a Boston Bruins player.
The Bruins have dealt their captain and franchise legend to the Florida Panthers just before Friday’s 3 p.m. ET NHL trade deadline, per multiple reports. The return for the B’s is not known at this time.
The Panthers being the team to acquire Marchand is a stunner. There weren’t any trade rumors linking Marchand to the Panthers in recent weeks. Florida also has knocked Boston out of the playoffs in each of the last two seasons, so there’s plenty of history between these franchises.
The Bruins came into this season with a lot of optimism, but lackluster play on the ice has resulted in them sitting in seventh place in the Atlantic Division and three points out of a wild card playoff spot with 18 games left in the regular season. The B’s have just a 4.2 percent chance of reaching the postseason, per MoneyPuck.
Marchand and the Bruins also weren’t able to work out a contract extension. His current deal expires after this season.
The 37-year-old veteran has said for a while that he wanted to finish his career in Boston. It is still possible for him to return to the Bruins in free agency over the summer.
If Marchand never returns, he will finish pretty high on a lot of the Bruins’ all-time leaderboards. He ranks fourth in games played (1,090), fourth in goals (422), sixth in assists (554), fifth in points (976), first in shorthanded goals (36) and second in game-winning goals (82).
Marchand made his debut with the Bruins in the 2009-10 season and played a huge role in the team winning the 2011 Stanley Cup Final over the Vancouver Canucks, which ended a 39-year championship drought for the franchise.
Marchand is one of the best players in team history and is a strong candidate for the Hockey Hall of Fame whenever his career concludes.
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Bruins Taking Calls on Franchise Stalwart Brad Marchand As Trade Deadline Nears
Since 2010, forward Brad Marchand has been there for Boston Bruins fans in good times and bad.
He helped the team end a 39-year Stanley Cup drought in 2011, and had a hand in two other conference championships. He’s won accolades in spades and scored 976 points—fifth-most in the storied franchise’s history. He’s invited praise for his passion, and criticism for his aggressive play.
Now, he may be on the way out the door. According to a Thursday afternoon report from Chris Johnston of TSN, the Bruins are taking calls on their captain ahead of Friday’s trade deadline.
“While the (Bruins) continue to go back and forth with Brad Marchand on a possible contract extension, word is they’re still open to potentially trading their captain,” Johnston wrote. “Teams calling with interest aren’t being told ‘no’ right now.”
In 61 games this season, Marchand has scored 47 points; he was chosen to represent Canada in the 4-Nations Face-Off in February.
However, Boston has stagnated—and currently sits in seventh place in the Atlantic Division with a 28-27-8 record.
Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game. He is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism with a double major in history .
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