A generation of Boston Bruins Fans who have always seen Merchant Brad Wearing the sweater of his team must now get used to seeing the veteran left wing carrying a Florida panthers Jersey.
Marchand, 36, was treated in Florida before the NHL trade deadline on Friday at 3 p.m. he. The agreement caps of weeks of speculation according to which the Bruins would separate from their longtime star and their captain of the team during the last year of his contract while the team fell from the race for the playoffs.
What Bruins will receive in return have not yet been announced, because trade is still pending with the League. Marchand is currently absent with an upper body injury that has gone away since March 1.
Fans of the Bruins could grip even further than merchant was exchanged to the Panthers, who eliminated Boston from the last two STANLEY Cup qualifying series last year in the second round.
Marchand played 16 seasons with the Bruins, winning a Stanley Cup in his second season with the franchise in 2011-12. He was the captain of the team for three seasons, taking over the mantle in 2023 after the retirement of Patrice Bergeron.
During his career, Marchand scored 422 goals with 554 assists in 1,090 games. He scored 20 or more goals for 12 consecutive seasons.
Among its career honors are two NNH All-Star games and twice appointed in the teams of the first team and the second All-NHL team.
In an international game, Marchand recently played for Canada Team Championship Team In the 4 nations confrontation tournament. He was one of Canada's gold medal clubs during the 2016 and IIHF World Cup world championship.
The Bruins finished second in the Atlantic division last year, just a point behind the panthers with 109. However, Boston has slipped considerably this season, holding seventh place in the division with only 64 points so far. The team is still in the running for one of the two places of Joker of the eastern conference, dragging the Ottawa senators by three points.
Merchant's treatment was one of the many professions that Bruins made before the deadline for the NHL exchanges. The team also exchanged defender Brandon Carlo Maple Leafs of Toronto and in the center Charlie Coyle At Colorado avalanche Friday.
