THE Florida Panthers and free land without restriction Brad Marchand accepted a six -year contract, according to the initiate of hockey TSN Pierre Lebrun.
Lebrun says that Marchand has not yet signed the agreement, but he has accepted the agreement.
Merchant, 37, finished last season with the Florida Panthers after being exchanged by Boston Bruins for a choice of recovery before the deadline for exchanges.
He scored 23 goals and 51 points in 71 games between the Bruins and the Panthers last season and added 10 goals and 20 points in 23 playoffs to win his second Stanley Cup in his career as a member of the Panthers.
Marchand was a must -see of Boston, leading the team to their first Championship of the Stanley Cup in 39 years in 2011. He was a central element of a team that won three trophies from presidents (2014, 2020, 2023), five division titles (2011, 2012, 2014, 2014, 2014 and 2023), and made three appearances in the Stanley Cup final (2011, 2013).
The 5 -foot 9 -inch winger leaves a $ 49 million contract over eight years which allowed a ceiling of $ 6.125 million.
Written 71st in total by the Bruins in 2006, a merchant at 424 goals and 980 points in 1100 career games between the Bruins and the Panthers.
The best statistical season of merchant occurred during the 2018-19 campaign, recording 36 goals and 100 points in 79 games. He was two all-stars of the first team (2017, 2021), and a double-team double team (2019, 2020) during his stay with the Bruins.
The native of Halifax represented Canada during the confrontation of the 4 nations in February in a first place. He also represented his country at the 2016 World Championship and the Hockey World Cup, bringing gold home at home during the two events.
