He wasn't coming back to play for the Bruins, but last week's trade of Marc Savard's contract marks the end of an era.
The return of native son Jimmy Hayes and the shipping-out of Reilly Smith were the biggest parts of last Wednesday's Bruins-Panthers trade, but there was a footnote: the trading of Marc Savard (really, of Marc Savard's contract), marking the end of Savard's nearly nine-year tenure with the team.
— marc savard (@MSavvy91) July 2, 2015
Savard wasn't going to play for the Bruins again. But the symbolic trade of his contract marks the end of an era of sorts, officially closing the book on one of the more talented players the Bruins have had in quite some time.