Marchand (upper body) is unlikely to return to Saturday's matchup against Pittsburgh. Marchand sustained the injury late in the second period after being hit into the boards by Pierre-Olivier Joseph.

With just over a week until the NHL’s trade deadline, everything earns extra analysis and overinterpretation. But in his postgame comments after Thursday’s loss to the Islanders, Brad Marchand sure sounded like a guy who is either expecting to still be with the Bruins next year or trying to speak it into happening.