BOSTON — Early in his career, Brad Marchand had dinner with Ray Bourque.

The night, the Bruins legend and Hall of Famer gave the young Marchand some advice.

“He said, ‘You need to embrace every fan you come across because when you’re done, they move on as the next guys come in. They kind of forget about you.’ That stuck in my mind,” said Marchand, wearing a Panthers hat in the visitors’ locker room at TD Garden. “I always loved interacting with fans. I appreciated the support, the older I got and the longer I played.”

But Bourque, who, like Marchand, left to win a Stanley Cup elsewhere, was wrong. Bruins fans never forgot Bourque, even after he went to Colorado. And Tuesday night was clear evidence that Marchand won’t likely be forgotten either.

From the moment they traded him the

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