He is loved by the hometown team and hated at the other 31.
The word is that he was hold out for a 3 year deal and the team finally agreed to the 3 years but Marchand wouldn't take the $ they offered. I am surprised considering he has played his entire NHL career in Boston, said he wanted retire in Boston, and was an icon of the team as well as team captain.
The Bruins have had a great track record of getting top notch players to take the "hometown discount" on their salary (Chara, Bergeron, Krejci as recent examples) so it was a shock to me that he didn't stay.
I'll still say I'm a fan of his but I guess I'll have to put this in the closet:
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Joe
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