Brad Marchand tries not to get too far ahead of himself. He tries not to think much beyond his next game. Which is why, normally, he might not know who is up next on the Florida Panthers' schedule, especially not a game a week away.

Except this one is no ordinary game. This one, Marchand knows is coming.

This one is in Boston.

"I've never been one to look ahead at games and schedule and stuff like that," Marchand told NHL.com by phone from Detroit, a week before the Panthers were set to play the Boston Bruins. "I think things that can make me nervous, I tend to avoid until they happen, just so I don't overthink them. I obviously have thought about it a little bit, but I think once we get there, we have three days before the game, so I think it'll kind of hit home a little bit more then

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