"DISCLAIMER: The 'top stories' are simply ranked based on how much traffic they garnered for our site over the past calendar year. This is not an opinionated Top 10. Brad Marchand has made a solid career for himself since entering the NHL, first as an established point producer and longtime Boston Bruin, and second as a staunch torcher of the Toronto Maple Leafs."
"The relationship between Maple Leafs fans and Marchand has been a roller coaster. Once rooted in pure hatred from the Leafs fans' side of things, Marchand has softened his opinion on the Leafs in recent years and has been known to go to bat for them in the media, despite seemingly always being on the side of the team eliminating them."
""He's the first one to say 'I was underpaid in Boston, and I'm going to go out there and make it up right now!' There's no team on the planet right now that can satisfy the lost income he had probably on the last 3-4 years of his Boston Bruins deal, than the Toronto Maple Leafs. I don't know how he doesn't end up as a Maple Leaf, let me put it to you that way," Kypreos said of Marchand."
Top stories were ranked by site traffic over the past calendar year. Brad Marchand established himself in the NHL as a point producer and longtime Boston Bruin, and developed a reputation as a tormentor of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Marchand eliminated the Leafs in playoff series in 2013, 2018, 2019, 2024, and 2025, the first four with Boston and the most recent after a trade to the Florida Panthers. Fan sentiment in Toronto shifted from pure hatred as Marchand softened his public stance and sometimes defended the Leafs. Despite speculation that Toronto could sign him and commentary predicting a Maple Leafs move, Marchand re-signed cheaply with the Panthers.
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