The Dallas Stars paid a big price to acquire Rantanen from the Carolina Hurricanes just before the NHL trade deadline on Friday, a move that preceded Marchand's departure from Boston after 16 seasons and a Stanley Cup championship in 2011.

The Boston Bruins put a three-year deal on the table for Brad Marchand in February but the sides had different perspectives on money, sources told ESPN on Saturday.

Bruins get: Conditional second-round pick in 2027 (becomes a 2027 or 2028 first-rounder if Florida wins two rounds of the playoffs this year and Marchand appears in at least 50 percent of the team’s playoff games) Dom Luszczyszyn: The best barometer of a good deal for your club is seeing how much it pisses off everyone else.

The defending Stanley Cup champions pulled off another blockbuster deal just under the wire at the NHL trade deadline. The Florida Panthers have acquired Brad Marchand from the Boston Bruins as they continued to load up for another long and arduous playoff run.

Brad Marchand’s hockey afterlife officially began Tuesday morning on Causeway Street, where he returned to the ice for the first time in more than a week, and for the first as an ex-Bruin.

Marchand spoke to the South Florida media for nearly 20 minutes on Monday.

Brad Marchand returned to TD Garden Tuesday and discussed the potential scenario of returning to the Bruins in free agency.

Bill Zito joined the “NHL on TNT” broadcast on Sunday and revealed Marchand came to the Panthers facility on Saturday and met with the doctors.

Marchand is week-to-week with an upper-body injury and will not play Tuesday, but he will join his new team for the start of a six-game road trip.