Marchand admits he needs to clean his act

[Chuck Norris Trophy]

Brad Marchand admits he needs to clean up on-ice act | CBC Sports

"After having a couple days kind of looking back on the year and seeing what's happened the last few days I guess, with all the media and everything, I think the biggest thing for me now is to really take a pretty hard look in the mirror and realize the actions, some of the things that I'm doing, have much bigger consequences," Marchand said during the Bruins' breakup day at the Warrior Ice Arena on Wednesday.
"Especially the last thing I ever want to do is kind of bring the embarrassment on my teammates and the organization that it did. I have to be a lot better. I know I've said that in the past, but I think that that's got to be the thing that I really work on the most.
"I think I've gotten my game into a pretty decent spot, but I got some character things and things that I've done that clearly need some fixing."

He finally gets it?

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[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

 

[hangman005]

I have to say this... is he going to lick it clean

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

He's only playing the apology and epiphany game now because Boston were eliminated.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Talk is cheap.

 

[leaffaninvancouver]

Hasn’t he apologized before? I hope he figures it out he’s a good player but the antics need to go.

 

[Elvs]

watch Marchand now go full PC. He'll be like Randy Marsh in that sarcastaball episode.

 

[puckpilot]

Talk is cheap. If this was a one time incident, he'd get the benefit of the doubt, but it's not. So, we'll see. But I won't be surprised if he finds another creative way to be a horses ass. Or maybe he'll become a grab-ass instead. No bodily fluids involved so no foul, right?

 

[StarvinArvyn33]

"Veeery nice, how much?"

 

[Ares]

If he's genuine, I suppose he'll apologize to Callahan and Komarov?

 

[Cancuks]

He's just saying what he needs to, to get everyone off his back so he can enjoy his summer. Antics will continue next season.

 

[Panthera]

Hasn’t he apologized before? I hope he figures it out he’s a good player but the antics need to go.

He even acknowledges in his statement that he's said this kind of thing before without meaning it

 

[tucker3434]

Dude’s gotta quit licking people. I know it isn’t actually a sexual thing with him, but with the #metoo movement as strong as it is, you don’t want to even approach the line on sexual assault right now. But I’m sure it was addressed in his exit interview.

 

[BHD]

He's saving face, so to speak.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

He's saving face, so to speak.

Saving tongue

 

[Estlin]

I suspect that the Bruins brass (probably Cam Neely) spoke to him about his on-ice clown act and how it was detrimental to the team and to the organization, which precipitated in part these comments by Marchand.

 

[StoneHands]

I don't believe a lick of what he says.

 

[McDrailers]

What I've learned from this; Brad Marchand licks himself clean.

 

[Spirit of 67]

Brad Marchand admits he needs to clean up on-ice act | CBC Sports



He finally gets it?

He also said this 2 years ago after the WCH.

 

[WeThreeKings]

That comment was clearly made tongue-in-cheek

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Get rid of the licking and the cheap hits and i'll be happy. He can continue to play the pest role though since he does it well.

 

[Paris in Flames]

I know the licking thing is gross and weird but it's really distracting the world from the other worse really shitty things he does to other players.

 

[Freudian]

I doubt it's the result of some deep introspection and more him being told by coach, GM, Chara and Bergeron to cut it out.

 

[CanadianPensFan1]

I hope he is sincere. Christ he is a hell of a player but he's such a little douchebag.

I hope he cleans up his act. Truly.

 

[HenrikW]