Toronto – Brad Marchand was with a new team, but felt very comfortable by beating an old enemy in the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday.
Marchand scored once and set up his roommates for two other goals in the Florida Panthers 6-1 victory against the team that the 37-year-old left.
He became the first player in NHL history to win five 7 games against the same franchise after winning the previous four times with Boston Bruins.
Yes, Maple Leafs threat fanatics love to hate, had the last laugh – again.
“I grew up a leaf fan and I like to play against the leafs,” said Marchand. “I like to interact with fans. It’s fun. I don’t take myself too seriously. I love to make fun and I love to make fun of people. If you can’t take it, then too bad. I will enjoy the moments I have.
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In a series in which the first two lines of each team have canceled themselves, the Panthers prospered with the depth of the third line of merchant and the fourth line.
The merchant roommates, Anton Lundell and Eetu Luostarinen, each marked. The fourth Liner Jonah Gadjovich was also connected.
Marchand estimated that the reigning champions experience was shining against the Maple Leafs Terne.
“When you win a cup and play in some of the games in which this team played last year, they are not high-pressure games,” he said.
Merchant was an acquisition of commercial delay. But because he was injured and not playing, it was difficult for the agitator to familiarize himself with his new environment. But once he started playing, learning the five players of the Panthers, the winner of the Stanley Cup with the 2010-2011 Bruins integrated.
The leader of the panthers, Paul Maurice, was grateful that assistant GM Gregory Campbell urged Florida to trade for merchant. Both were longtime teammates from Bruins.
“It’s an incredibly positive spirit,” said Maurice. “The guys who are vocals and intense will sometimes shout on the bench. They are so wired. He never does that. “
Mauritius added that there is a commercial effect with young Lundell and Luostarinen.
“He affected these guys in such a positive way to think of the game, and playing games in small areas and making them feel that these two young guys have it,” said Maurice.
The veteran coach also kept his perfect record for match 7 intact. He now went 6-0 in match 7.
“Match 7 is for the players,” said Maurice. “No matter what your hands feel. No matter how your body feels. No matter how you are running.
“If it is how comfortable you are in difficult situations, then you have a chance.”
This Canadian press report was published for the first time on May 18, 2025.
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