{"time":1743371699031,"blocks":[{"id":"ivf8pfavFM","type":"image","data":{"caption":"Brad Marchand - Credit: Sergei Belski-Imagn Images","withBorder":false,"withBackground":false,"stretched":false,"file":{"url":"https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/85625f9a-a330-4058-85a6-c1b4c5404694.jpeg","width":3518,"height":2345}}},{"id":"r1vYsd7eqO","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"One of the more shocking moments of the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline occurred in the day’s final moments, when the Boston Bruins dealt away their captain, Brad Marchand, to divisional rivals the Florida Panthers. "}},{"id":"xiJBdh9MLH","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"For Boston fans, it was the final knockout blow on a disappointing season, as they had to watch someone who bled black and gold for 16 seasons, the only remaining member of the team’s last Stanley Cup win in 2011, move for a conditional draft pick. "}},{"id":"svEWsw4DFm","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"After his long-time linemate and former captain, Patrice Bergeron hung up his skates following a first-round loss to the Panthers in 2022-23, Marchand ascended to the captaincy. "}},{"id":"XEeDfcOIbR","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"However, in his first season (2023-24) with the “C,” the Bruins lost to the Panthers again, extending Boston’s latest streak of postseason miseries."}},{"id":"-lKa5fbU3E","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":" "}},{"id":"YvphyMHiV9","type":"linkTool","data":{"link":"https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/boston-bruins/latest-news/bruins-legend-brad-marchand-has-big-moment-in-panthers-debut","meta":{"title":"Bruins Legend Brad Marchand Comes Up Big In Panthers Debut","site_name":"The Hockey News","description":"Boston Bruins legend Brad Marchand made his Florida Panthers debut in their March 28 contest against the Utah Hockey Club. The former Bruins captain suffered an injury in his final game with the Bruins on March 1 and was forced to be sidelined until now.\n","image":{"url":"https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/a152f2f0-3ee2-48a9-859f-e79399551726.jpeg","width":null,"height":null}}}},{"id":"mzYmCMLfOK","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"But now, Marchand is on the other side of this rivalry and has a great chance of winning another championship in the spring, something all too familiar to Boston fans who watched Ray Bourque move to the Colorado Avalanche and ride off into the sunset with a Stanley Cup win in 2001."}},{"id":"dKN2LzfXQz","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Interestingly, Marchand becomes the eighth Bruins captain to be dealt away either during his captaincy or in the offseason following the year they wore the “C” on their sweater. "}},{"id":"6zS0ln1aX5","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Moreover, except for Bergeron’s three-year run as Boston captain, Marchand becomes the fifth of the previous six captains dating back to Rick Middleton (1985-1987) not to finish their career in Boston."}},{"id":"bwa2oOVx-t","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Who else is on this list? A couple of current and future Hall of Famers."}},{"id":"RTmm2QGS5_","type":"header","data":{"text":"Zdeno Chara (2006-2020)","level":1}},{"id":"dCIbxm8Rjn","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"As the last Bruins captain to hoist the Stanley Cup, Zdeno Chara became captain when he signed as a free agent on July 1, 2006. After 14 years, Boston opted not to re-sign their 42-year-old captain, letting him walk in free agency, where he played one season with the Washington Capitals and then the New York Islanders. Chara scored four goals and 24 points in 127 games in his final two years."}},{"id":"KM8ylKe2uh","type":"header","data":{"text":"Joe Thornton (2002-2005)","level":1}},{"id":"TY62a2XmfX","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Joe Thornton is the 14th-highest scorer in NHL history and remains the only athlete in North American sports history to be traded in the season they would go on to win league MVP. "}},{"id":"BXew95kqX3","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"After getting drafted first overall in 1997, Thornton became captain in 2002, and on Nov. 30, 2005, the Bruins dealt their leader to the San Jose Sharks. "}},{"id":"LofgBM_IS5","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Later that season, Thornton would win the Art Ross Trophy with 125 points thanks to a league-high 96 assists while capturing the Hart Trophy. Seventeen years after departing the Bruins, he would finish his career with 430 goals, 1,109 assists, and 1,539 points in 1,714 games."}},{"id":"i_DzZWBxe8","type":"header","data":{"text":"Jason Allison (2000-2001)","level":1}},{"id":"pR0o2qcyYD","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Jason Allison played five years in Boston, becoming a two-time 30-goal scorer and serving as captain during the 2000-01 season. Opting to go in a different direction during the 2001 offseason, the Bruins traded their captain to the Los Angeles Kings on Oct. 24, 2001, to bring back Glen Murray and Josef Stumpel. He would score 46 goals and 174 points after his departure, retiring from the NHL at 30. "}},{"id":"BW69775vIx","type":"header","data":{"text":"Ray Bourque (1985-2000)","level":1}},{"id":"qGEyviVme9","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Bourque is arguably one of the top defensemen to ever play in the NHL. At 25, he became captain, sharing the duties with Middleton until the end of the 1987-88 season. He remained in his role until Mar. 6, 2000, when the Bruins traded him to the Avalanche. "}},{"id":"J_Obl7MgwE","type":"linkTool","data":{"link":"https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/boston-bruins/latest-news/boston-bruins-prospect-will-zellers-makes-history-with-ushl-team","meta":{"title":"Boston Bruins Prospects: Will Zellers Makes History With USHL Team","site_name":"The Hockey News","description":"The Boston Bruins acquired Will Zellers from the Colorado Avalanche earlier this month as a part of the Charlie Coyle trade. He is certainly a prospect who Bruins fans should feel optimistic about, as he has been dominating in the USHL this season with the Green Bay Gamblers. \n","image":{"url":"https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/c1805747-13ca-49ca-b48d-4f2cf59d5988.jpeg","width":null,"height":null}}}},{"id":"YqWhdkcyD4","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"In June 2001, Bourque would help Colorado win the Stanley Cup, which eluded him during his time in Boston, one of the game’s greatest tragedies. However, when he hoisted the silver chalice, that moment became one of the game’s most memorable moments. "}},{"id":"eIGW3HbliK","type":"header","data":{"text":"Leo Boivin (1963-1966)","level":1}},{"id":"24BuBUfKq0","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Leo Boivin came to the Bruins from the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1955 and would play 12 seasons with the club, serving as captain for three years from 1963 to 1966. "}},{"id":"MKSU_qJnDw","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"After 717 games, in which he scored 211 points, the future Hall of Famer was dealt on Feb. 16, 1966, to the Detroit Red Wings in a six-player deal. Boivin would play two years with the Red Wings, followed by two with the expansion Pittsburgh Penguins and then the Minnesota North Stars."}},{"id":"yQXgpO8Qxy","type":"header","data":{"text":"Ed Sandford (1954-1955)","level":1}},{"id":"xSEy2yQr16","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Ed Sandford came to Boston as a 19-year-old and played eight years with the Bruins, scoring 94 goals and 230 points in 442 games. At 26, he became captain, serving as the club’s leader for a single season before an offseason deal on June 3, 1955, sent him to the Red Wings, which also brought Terry Sawchuk to Boston. "}},{"id":"53pxuzePtU","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Sanford would split his next season between Detroit and Chicago, retiring from the NHL following the 1955-56 season."}},{"id":"5z_XHvCM4I","type":"header","data":{"text":"Nels Stewart (1934-1935)","level":1}},{"id":"zm8hsEXjDT","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Nels Stewart was the first two-time Hart Trophy winner in NHL history when he joined the Bruins in 1932-33. After two seasons, the club promoted him to captain, a role he served in for only 47 games during the 1934-35 campaign before an offseason deal on Sept. 28, 1935, sent him to the New York Americans for cash. "}},{"id":"tChyH26Nhq","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"He briefly returned to Boston for 11 games in 1936-37 but was dealt to the Americans again on Dec. 19, 1936. When Stewart retired in 1940, he held the league’s goal-scoring record with 324 goals, which Maurice Richard would eventually break in 1952. 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