
Brad Marchand isnāt in the NHL to make friends with the opponents of the Boston Bruins. Heās one of the NHLās top pests, and heāll do just about whatever it takes to irritate his opposition. Thatās part of his job description and it has been since he broke into the NHL during the 2009-10 season.
He may have taken things a bit too far last night when the Bās took on the Vancouver Canucks last night though. As a trash talker himself, Marchand presumably leaves himself open to barbs when Boston is trailing. That might have been the case yesterday, and Marchand responded to Vancouverās bench by kissing his ring fingerā¦
And by lifting an invisible Stanley Cupā¦
All of this is clearly just a friendly reminder from Marchand to the Canucks. He seems to be saying āhey, remember that time we beat you guys in the Stanley Cup Final?ā
Considering that the feisty forward has landed in some hot water with head coach Claude Julien in years gone by for his antics, it shouldnāt be too surprising that the bench boss wasnāt happy with his forward. DJ Bean of WEEI.com quoted Julien about the matter after the contest:
"Heās a good player, and heās an agitator, and thereās some good things to that part of his game, but thereās certain areas where ā again, Iāve said it before ā you canāt cross the line. Sometimes his emotions get the better of him.Ā Weāve worked with him and weāre going to continue to work with him. The perception it gives our organization is not what you want to see with those kind of things. Again, I donāt know what he said to you guys, but itās certainly something weāre going to deal with."
Vancouverās players werenāt too impressed by Marchandās actions either.