Player Discussion Brad Marchand X- Return of the Rat
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Gonzothe7thDman
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Those people responding to Brad on social media are the same ones that would have went hoarse booing Rick Rude.
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I'm surprised that we haven't had many pro athletes taking an old school WWF approach to interviews and such. It definitely drums up interest and name recognition.
I'd just love to see a player get interviewed atfer morning skate like LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING JACK EDWARDS, THE KRAKEN ARE GOING DOWN, THEY HAVE NO CHANCE AT BEATING US! AND ANOTHER THING, THIS TOWN SMELLS LIKE FISH, I CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT OF HERE WITH THE WIN, BROTHER. SEATTLE SUCKS, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? KURT COBAIN SUCKS TOO!
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Let’s Go Bruins👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
If Derek Sanderson was playing today and on social media he would be doing even more than what we see from Brad. Fact. And it’s actually nice to see vs all the standard answers and clips from players today that are stale, controlled and I think dull.
LouJersey
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Love that he doubled down.
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All you hear on the main boards is NHL needs its players to be marketed better. Less largely faceless characters saying “move our feet, get pucks in deep”.
THIS is the type of humor and being the villain that they are asking for. Many will criticize and hate him more than they already do - but THIS is what they are asking for. And although the League will probably feel pissy about it - its what they NEED.
Thursday nights Habs/B’s matchups back in the day were great. Why? The hate. On both sides of the border. The hate. Embrace the hate.
THIS is the type of humor and being the villain that they are asking for. Many will criticize and hate him more than they already do - but THIS is what they are asking for. And although the League will probably feel pissy about it - its what they NEED.
Thursday nights Habs/B’s matchups back in the day were great. Why? The hate. On both sides of the border. The hate. Embrace the hate.
Mr. Make-Believe
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You better believe I’ll be in Edmonton proudly sporting my Marchand jersey.
You better believe I’ll be in Edmonton proudly sporting my Marchand jersey.
Im sure he’s gonna get a helluva welcome. LOL!
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The NHL, the stupidest League ever.
Donnie Shulzhoffer
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Donnie Shulzhoffer
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The NHL guys eating sandwiches in a conference room have decided they are the Big Bad Bruins now.
They are now going to make them bad guys
TheReal13Linseman
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“Dangeous” trip? Lol. Looked like a pretty safe trip to me. Bitchstrand wasn’t skating or anything. Brad just took him down, hugging him the whole time. Nice and gentle.
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AngryMilkcrates
End of an Era
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Bruinaura
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lol
If i had $200 I would get a video of him extolling the virtues of cookies
From Today’s Globe:
Brad Marchand has become an all-time Bruin. It seems inconceivable he would ever wear another jersey. But even he has, at times in his career, looked over his shoulder at the trade deadline.
“Wayne Gretzky was traded,” he said. “Anyone can be moved. I never felt that was off the table. Even when I had a no-move [2017-22], if they had come to me and said they wanted to move me, you don’t want to play for a team that doesn’t want you.”
Marchand has provided some of the best value of any deal in the league. He has made $6.125 million per season since 2017-18, on a deal that ends in 2025. In the six seasons Marchand has made that kind of coin, the only winger with more points than him (474 entering the weekend) is Artemi Panarin (487). The only winger with a better points-per-game average than Marchand (1.21) is Nikita Kucherov (1.39).
When his deal began, Marchand was the 18th highest-paid winger in the game. He now ranks 37th. His value is a significant reason the Bruins have been able to build such a strong team.
The Bruins didn’t always love how Marchand fit in their scheme. In the summer of 2014, Marchand was said to be on the move. He was starting a four-year, $18 million deal ($4.5 million a year) and was coming off a postseason (0-5–5) when he was hardly the playoff performer he had been in 2011 and 2013.
When he started the season in a funk, the rumors — swiftly shot down by then-general manager Peter Chiarelli, of course — had Marchand heading to San Jose for a 34-year-old Patrick Marleau. How close it was to happening, Marchand still does not know. But it weighed on him.
“I didn’t have a good start,” he recalled. “That was nerve-racking. I think that was maybe a lack of concentration, at one point, with what I felt I had to do coming into the season. That’s the last time I ever let that potentially affect where I’d be playing. I made sure every summer I came in and did what I had to do to be part of this group.”
Marchand was once part of trade talk
Brad Marchand has become an all-time Bruin. It seems inconceivable he would ever wear another jersey. But even he has, at times in his career, looked over his shoulder at the trade deadline.
“Wayne Gretzky was traded,” he said. “Anyone can be moved. I never felt that was off the table. Even when I had a no-move [2017-22], if they had come to me and said they wanted to move me, you don’t want to play for a team that doesn’t want you.”
Marchand has provided some of the best value of any deal in the league. He has made $6.125 million per season since 2017-18, on a deal that ends in 2025. In the six seasons Marchand has made that kind of coin, the only winger with more points than him (474 entering the weekend) is Artemi Panarin (487). The only winger with a better points-per-game average than Marchand (1.21) is Nikita Kucherov (1.39).
When his deal began, Marchand was the 18th highest-paid winger in the game. He now ranks 37th. His value is a significant reason the Bruins have been able to build such a strong team.
The Bruins didn’t always love how Marchand fit in their scheme. In the summer of 2014, Marchand was said to be on the move. He was starting a four-year, $18 million deal ($4.5 million a year) and was coming off a postseason (0-5–5) when he was hardly the playoff performer he had been in 2011 and 2013.
When he started the season in a funk, the rumors — swiftly shot down by then-general manager Peter Chiarelli, of course — had Marchand heading to San Jose for a 34-year-old Patrick Marleau. How close it was to happening, Marchand still does not know. But it weighed on him.
“I didn’t have a good start,” he recalled. “That was nerve-racking. I think that was maybe a lack of concentration, at one point, with what I felt I had to do coming into the season. That’s the last time I ever let that potentially affect where I’d be playing. I made sure every summer I came in and did what I had to do to be part of this group.”
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