When the NHL's free-agent signing period opens next month, you can be sure Brad Marchand will be one of the top players teams are fighting over, assuming he makes it to the open market.

Marchand has been exactly that -- and then some -- since being acquired from the Bruins on March 7 for a conditional second-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft. He had four points (two goals, two assists) in 10 regular-season games for Florida after returning from an upper-body injury.

Patrice Bergeron was never a member of either team playing in this year’s Stanley Cup Final, but his allegiance is with his longtime friend and former teammate.

Florida Panthers center Brad Marchand offered some insight into the flurry of fights and penalties that broke out during Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers.

Brad Marchand and Sergei Bobrovsky proved again in the Florida Panthers’ 6-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 3

Brad Marchand reacts after the Panthers blow out the Oilers in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Despite strong playoff play with the Florida Panthers, Brad Marchand’s chances of rejoining the Boston Bruins appear slim, according to a trusted update from ESPN’s Emily Kaplan.

Cameras caught Brad Marchand chirping the Oilers bench after the Panthers scored a power play goal following Edmonton's fourth penalty of the first period.