Bruins captain Brad Marchand on coach Jim Montgomery excluding him: ‘I’m glad he said something about it’

“Is this a thing? People are so sensitive these days, and it’s unfortunate that coaches have to be scrutinized about things like this,” Marchand said before the Bruins played the Stars at TD Garden on Thursday night. “There’s a lack of accountability these days because people can’t handle the heat. But if there’s a If you make a mistake, you deserve to hear about it.

“I’m glad he said something about it. If he hadn’t we would have had a much bigger problem.”

That was okay with Montgomery, too, although he admitted it wasn’t his favorite moment. He said he didn’t need to discuss this with his captain.

“There didn’t need to be a conversation between Marchy and me,” Montgomery said. “He and I are both emotional people. I’m not very happy with myself about this, but I don’t think about it afterwards, and so is he. He is a professional, a great player who has done a lot of good things for us and he also has high expectations. “For us, this is over and done with.”

Montgomery’s reprimand policy is not one-size-fits-all.

“There’s no doubt about it,” Montgomery said. “You don’t see me doing this to a young player, do you? Because they need the freedom and growth to know that we’re going to talk to them, we’re going to show them video, but we’re not going to show them a player like (Marchand) or. David PastrnakI can talk to them on the bench.

Marchand, who initially said “you’re scaring me”, was unaware of what “event” he was being asked about or did not know what the event was. the video went viralHe reiterated that everyone, regardless of their status, should be held to high standards.

“There is a responsibility in this room, and no one is immune from that,” Marchand said. “I made a really bad mistake at a bad moment of the game and it was unacceptable and I shouldn’t have done it in the first place, but the truth is I was expecting to hear it from him, not just from him, but there are a lot of guys on the bench as well. So I have to be held responsible in that situation.” . I’m glad you did that.”

Marchand, who entered Thursday’s game still looking to score his first goal of the season, said he was excited to be back on a line with Pastrnak. The two reunited in Nashville Elias Lindholm in the center.

“I mean, we could have easily scored three or four goals in the last game and we played together for a long time and communicated well,” Marchand said. “So yeah, I feel like we have the ability to do that. “Sometimes it takes a little longer than you’d hope, but hopefully we can connect.”

Koepke rose

Montgomery moved up the rankings, finishing fourth for the first time this season. Cole Koepke play wing Charlie Coyle line with Trent Frederic on the other side.

“Exciting. It will be fine. I mean, they’re a couple of established players and they know what they’re doing and they’re really good players and I’ll do my best to come out and support them and keep playing. “I’m playing the same game and I hope we can do it,” said Koepke, who entered the night with a 6-point lead over the Bruins and a plus-10 lead in the NHL.

Justin Brazeau He replaced Koepke in fourth place. Mark Kastelic And Johnny Beecher.

“Sometimes you need different dynamics on a line,” said Montgomery, who admitted it was an easy decision. “This (fourth) line is playing extremely well, and we think we’ll leave the two of them together, bring someone else in with him, and then Koepke can step up on another line.”

Wotherspoon is back

Parker Wotherspoon retreated to defense Mason Lohrei to sit. Max Jones And Riley Tufte There were healthy scratches on the front. . . Tyler Johnson He sticks to his PTO agreement and skates in practice with Jones and Tufte. . . Tyler Seguin He was the second overall pick in 2010, playing 20 games against the Bruins. In these matches, Seguin scored seven goals and 13 points… Song of the night: “Big Dawgs” Hanuhumanoid And Kalmi.

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