Bruins captain Brad Marchand considers David Pastrnak his greatest buddy, and he wasn’t going to let a report claiming the other go by with out responding.
Marchand delivered a fiery response Friday to a report from WEEI’s Wealthy Keefe, who claimed there are main points within the Bruins’ dressing room.
In accordance with Keefe, Pastrnak had change into a difficulty within the room and requested he performs on a line separate from Marchand, supposedly due to the captain’s public critiques of his play.
Given an opportunity to reply Friday after follow in Florida, Marchand unloaded on the report.
“I’ve heard what was stated within the media this morning. It’s unlucky,” Marchand stated. “I do know reporters have a job to do and that job is to report on the workforce. Normally, you attempt to be fact-based. However when there’s simply blatant lies advised within the media, that’s the place there’s an issue. The very fact this man has a platform and is simply making this up is embarrassing. There’s zero reality to something he stated. That is the way you lose a job in a short time. The truth that he’s gonna have a job after that is insane.
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“As a result of Pasta and I are greatest mates. We’ve been extremely shut for a very long time, and the one cause we don’t play collectively is to unfold the depth by means of the lineup. There’s zero reality to him being an issue within the room. He’s some of the cherished guys within the room. There’s zero points within the room in any respect and to say he’s on the heart of something is a totally fabricated lie. This man has zero advantage to something he’s saying.”
The timing of the whole lot is notable. The Bruins have misplaced six straight video games, and frustration is clearly setting in. Marchand acknowledged that these types of issues do are likely to creep up when issues aren’t going nicely.
“It’s very irritating as a result of that is what occurs — we have now not pulled our weight this yr,” Marchand continued. “We’ve not had the season we wish to have. However I’m not gonna let some random man come within the media and spit absolute nonsense. From this level ahead, this man has zero credibility.
The very fact he’s popping out with that is ridiculous and embarrassing. Something he places forth sooner or later is just not going to be deemed as reality as a result of he’s fully making all of this up. … If he would have fact-checked, he would have discovered it’s all nonsense. There’s zero reality to this. It’s ridiculous. … I’m not gonna let it change into one thing it’s not. This man can go pound sand and return to the closet the place nobody knew he was earlier than and report on nothing as a result of that’s what he’s going to be doing after this.”
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Marchand additionally stated he and Pastrnak shared amusing concerning the report, saying he and the winger have a “phenomenal relationship.”
