Panthers’ Marchand trolls NHL teams, including the Sharks, on social media

It was either sincere or an epic troll job But given Brad Marchand s history of being one of the NHL s all-time great pests it s hard to believe it wasn t the latter Related Articles As Sharks and Mike Grier seek improvement questions and challenges loom San Jose mayor hopes Earthquakes will move downtown if soccer organization is sold Back-to-back Cats Panthers repeat as Stanley Cup champions by beating the Oilers in games S J Sharkie of San Jose Sharks given ultimate honor for a mascot Macklin Celebrini joins small group of Sharks named to NHL s All-Rookie company Two days after he and the Florida Panthers won the Stanley Cup Marchand took to his Instagram account on Thursday night to thank the NHL teams who traded or elected not to re-sign the players who formed the majority of the squad s roster this season During a club dinner at a South Florida restaurant Marchand snapped photos of over a dozen Panthers players along with the social media handles on the platform X of their former teams Marchand notably thanked the Calgary Flames for trading forwards Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Bennett who won the Conn Smythe trophy as the the majority valuable athlete of the Stanley Cup playoffs Thanks for the MVP NHLFLAMES Marchand wrote below a photo of Bennett The Sharks were not spared as Marchand also included and thanked the organization showing photos of ex-San Jose players Jonah Gadjovich and Nico Sturm In June Gadjovich was not given a qualifying offer by the Sharks became a free agent and signed with the Panthers in October of that year The Panthers then signed Gadjovich to a two-year extension in March On March Sturm and a seventh-round selection were traded by the Sharks to the Panthers for a fourth-round pick Sturm is a pending unrestricted free agent Brad Marchand doing Brad Marchand things pic twitter com Y CQ TcWFI Curtis Pashelka CurtisPashelka June The players on the Panthers Cup-winning roster except for drafted players Aleksander Barkov Anton Lundell and Aaron Ekblad were brought in via transaction free agency or waiver claim People are now wondering about the future of Marchand one of the league s greater part villainous and talented players and a pending UFA in his own right Marchand had goals and assists in playoff games including six goals in the Cup final as the Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers in six games in the best-of-seven series Marchand has been suspended eight times in his -year NHL career He s also a four-time NHL All-Star with points in career NHL games Given that and his impact in this year s playoffs there is speculation that Marchand could sign a three or four-year contract worth upwards of million per season