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In what could have been his final skate on the TD Garden ice in a Bruins sweater, a tearful Patrice Bergeron embraced his longtime teammate Brad Marchand.
Before heading down the tunnel, the Bruins captain raised his stick in acknowledgment to a heartbroken TD Garden crowd — a crushing end to a season filled with so much promise.
Beyond the pain of a record-setting regular season unraveling in the first round of the playoffs, Boston’s Game 7 loss to the Panthers might have closed the book on this fruitful chapter in this Original Six franchise’s history.
Both Bergeron and David Krejci are 37 years old. Both are free agents once again, and both pivots have remained fixated on this current campaign when previously pressed about their future.
Following Boston’s 4-3 overtime defeat, Bergeron once again remained noncommittal about whether or not he plans to return for a 20th NHL campaign.
