Aleksander Barkov looked across the Florida Panthers' locker room on Saturday morning and noticed a new addition. A nameplate over a locker — bearing the name Brad Marchand. “Kind of weird, for now,” Barkov said.

That’s what you want. I mean, ultimately, we chase the Stanley Cup. You want a chance at playing for that every single year. To be able to be part of a team that has that opportunity again this year,

The Florida Panthers are hopeful trade-deadline acquisition Brad Marchand can debut with his new club before the end of the regular season, head coach Paul Maurice said Tuesday.Marchand is week-to-week with an upper-body injury he suffered while with the Boston Bruins on March 1.