Overview

• Marchand confirmed he signed a six-year, $31.5 million deal with Florida just before free agency.
• Florida also retained Sam Bennett on eight years at $8 million AAV and Aaron Ekblad on eight years at $6.1 million AAV.
• He said he would not accept one- to three-year offers, calling term the main reason negotiations failed in Boston.
• According to ESPN’s Emily Kaplan, the Bruins proposed a three-year contract before trading him.
• Marchand said the state’s lack of income tax helped Florida keep multiple players, adding that without it two of them likely would have left, as the back-to-back champions aim for a three-peat.