NHL Trade Deadline featured a ton of action, with multiple big-name players changing teams Friday afternoon. One of those big-name players left his team in a rather surprising fashion. The Florida Panthers traded for Brad Marchand in a stunning trade with the Boston Bruins.

BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand stepped back onto the ice at the TD Garden on Tuesday — this time in a Panthers practice jersey as the longtime Bruin returned to Boston for the first time since he was traded to Florida.

The star was Brad Marchand. But why wasn’t he wearing black and gold? Nope, Marchand, for the first time, was on the ice as a member of the Florida Panthers. The injured Marchand wasn’t expected to be back on the ice so soon,

Florida Panthers head coach Paul Maurice told the media on Tuesday that the team is hopeful that recently-acquired winger Brad Marchand will make his debut with the team before the end of the 2024-25 regular season.

After 16 years with the Boston Bruins, left winger Brad Marchand said, at his introductory press conference, that he's excited to join the 1st-place Atlantic Division Florida Panthers and to help the team on a potential championship run.

Brad Marchand was in a South Florida hotel room, on FaceTime with his children back home in Massachusetts. Just as they were saying their goodbyes, Marchand spotted something on the table: a brand new Florida Panthers hat.

Days after sending captain Brad Marchand to Florida at the trade deadline, the Boston Bruins will host the Atlantic Division-leading Panthers in the teams' fourth and final regular-season meeting on Tuesday night.