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Claude Julien would rather Brad Marchand not ‘cross a line’

 04.01.11 at 9:49 am ET
By Mike Petraglia

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Maybe it’s because the emotions of Tuesday night are so raw or maybe it’s simply because he realizes it’s not a very professional move but Bruins coach Claude Julien made it pretty clear after Thursday’s 4-3 shootout loss that he wasn’t thrilled with Brad Marchand‘s friendly suggestion to the Leafs for offseason plans.

In case you missed it, following the second period – one in which he scored a short-handed goal to help his team to a 3-2 lead heading into the third – Marchand skated by the visitors’ bench and practiced his nine-iron swing. Clearly, he was not showing good form.

“I mean, it’s just, he’s been a good player for us and again, his emotions sometimes can be a positive, but sometimes you don’t want to cross the line and certainly you don’t like that when that happens. So it’s just a learning process,” Julien said.

Fact is, Marchand has been a good player for the Bruins, so good that Julien has entrusted him with skating on one of the team’s top lines with Patrice Bergeron and Mark Recchi.

His second period short-hander was his fifth this season, tying him for second this season in that category in all of the NHL.

And it was that goal, not his golf swing, that brought energy to the Bruins in the second period and brought them to within 20 minutes of clinching the Northeast Division before a third-period Joffrey Lupul goal set up Toronto’s shootout win.

“I think I just came off the bench and tried to take an angle and he passed it right on my stick,” Marchand said. “I wanted to drive, I knew there was forward coming back so I wanted to try and cut in. The puck kind of popped out there in the open and I just backhanded it. Especially in a situation where we’re on the penalty kill and they’re on the power play. It kind of takes their momentum out of the game and gives it to us. It was good timing, but a lucky goal.”

So, there. Brad Marchand is totally capable of showing humility. And it’s that humility, along with more specialty teams goals, the Bruins are looking for in the coming weeks and months.

“Come playoff time we can’t just flip the switch,” Marchand added. “If you’re going to play your best hockey, you have to have to play up to that, play up to that point. You have to build on it. It’s almost like you get momentum and you’ve got to feed off that. We want to get on a roll here, and make sure we’re playing our best hockey.”

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  • Scott

    Claude needs to lighten up and let the players be players. I can’t see how this guy will ever lead us to a Stanley Cup, his coaching record speaks for itself. Heaven forbid a player tries to have FUN while… playing a GAME.

  • 401

    Yeah its a game, but it’s also a job. You dont think Julien goes out there to just have fun? It is his paycheck. I think he just wants his team to keep a level head, and not take anything for granted. Pats on the back quickly become feet in the ass if you arent careful

  • Rick

    I’m with Claude on this one. I love Marchie — the kid’s a young Ken Linseman — a pest that can score 20+. However, there is a fine line between getting in the opposition’s heads and being an idiot. He can have fun without being disrespectful to the game, which is what the golf swing was, as funny as I found it to be.

    I don’t want Claude to lighten up — his job is to keep his team focused on hockey, not showmanship.

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