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Injured Brad Marchand returns to the Boston ice with the Panthers — but just in practice, for now

BOSTON — Brad Marchand stepped back onto the ice at the TD Garden on Tuesday — this time in a Panthers practice jersey as the longtime Bruin returned to Boston for the first time since he was traded to Florida. “Definitely still a little bit that I’ve got to get through here,” said Marchand, who did play in Boston as a visitor for Canada last month in the 4 Nations Face-Off. “I think they had the right intentions,” Marchand told reporters on Tuesday, wearing a Panthers hat and T-shirt just down the hall from the locker room he called home for 16 seasons. “And I think when you come into a little more veteran team, you have a better chance of doing that.” Marchand said he didn’t feel obligated to be a vocal leader on his new team.

Associated Press

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