Brad Marchand wore something with his new team’s logo on it for the first time. He was FaceTiming his kids. There was a Florida Panthers hat on the table in front of him. “We were about to hang up

That’s what you want. I mean, ultimately, we chase the Stanley Cup. You want a chance at playing for that every single year. To be able to be part of a team that has that opportunity again this year,

The uncomfortable reality of Marchand and Boston being separate entities was inevitable after the team fell short a couple of years ago.