missingchicklet
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- Jan 24, 2010
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Exactly. While Marchy indeed had a bad game, it was interesting to see who the Caps were most focused on last night on the first line -- Marchy and Bergy. It would have been nice to see the third member of that line show up and take advantage, but he couldn't be bothered. That kind of bullshit performance by Pasta puts added pressure on the other two players, which causes them to press more. I about lost my shit on two occasions where Brad had the puck coming down the side and there was plenty of open space in the middle for Pasta to slot into for a great chance and Pasta was nowhere to be seen since he was content to not go across the middle, so Brad really had no options and it resulted in turnovers.Yeah it would of been great if Marchy scored then, but to be fair to him he was right in on top of the goalie and he's one of only a handful of players in the league who could of picked that top corner. 99 percent of the league would of put that backhander right into the goalies chest.
Imo, If anyone is looking at Marchand as the reason the bruins lost game one they don't know their a@$$ from a hole in the ground. Every teams game plan is to try and slow Marchand down and 90 percent of the time Marchand still out-duels them. He's a world class player and the Bruins are lucky he dresses for them.
Marchy is the most competitive player on this team, and the best player on the team. He has earned more than enough capital to have a rough game, and one in which one of his linemates gave a trash effort. At least Brad gave effort.