Brad Marchand stepped back onto the ice at the TD Garden in a Panthers practice jersey as the longtime Bruins player returned to Boston for the first time since he was traded to Florida.

Brad Marchand’s hockey afterlife officially began Tuesday morning on Causeway Street, where he returned to the ice for the first time in more than a week, and for the first as an ex-Bruin.

Monday was all about Brad Marchant joining the Florida Panthers. Tuesday is going to be about Marchand saying goodbye to the Boston Bruins. Although Marchand will not play for the Panthers in Boston tonight due to his upper-body injury,