Boston Bruins Captain Brad Marchand Finally Breaks The Silence On Recent Trade Rumours
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The possibility of the Boston Bruins selling at the NHL trade deadline became a real possibility when president Cam Neely openly announced that the team has two different routes they could take at the deadline: to sell, or to buy.
As of right now the Boston Bruins sit just one point out of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, but according to MoneyPuck's model, they only have a 14.9 percent chance of making the playoffs this year.
If they can't secure a playoff spot before the March 7th trade deadline, they could be moving some of their players for some future draft picks or prospects.
Marchand is set to be a unrestricted free agent at the end of the year. He's spent his whole career with the Bruins organization, and ranks as one of the best players in franchise history.
Recently Brad Marchand was on the What Chaos! podcast and was asked about the trade rumours surrounding his name this year and he admitted it would be weird.
«Obviously, it would be very weird,» Marchand told hosts D.J. Bean and Pete Blackburn when asked how he would feel if he got traded. «I think I would feel very weird, probably a little lost. But I don't know. I haven't really thought about it before. And I don't really think about it, because it's not something that I really see happening.»
Brad Marchand responds to the trade rumours
Brad Marchand stated that he knows why trade rumours are a thing but he isn't worried about them.
«Obviously when things aren't going well with your group or going the way that I think it was expected to go, that's what happens, right? These conversations start to come up more and more in the media, and articles come out and then all it takes is one article, or one person making a comment on TV or the radio or a podcast, and then it kind of takes off from there,» Marchand said of rumors.
He added:
"I try not to get caught up in it. You can't worry about things you can't control and that you don't have a part in. But yeah, I could see - with the way that on paper it looks, at this time of year, that's what people do. They start looking at potential outcomes and stuff like that.»
Marchand opens up about what he wants
Brad Marchand stated that he wants to finish his NHL career apart of the Boston Bruins organization.
«My goal is to play here forever,» Marchand said. «I love it here, and my family obviously loves it here. It's all I know, and what I love most about it is that the expectations that are put on the group by - internally, just from management, ownership, from the team within - like the expectation to be good every year is what you want to be part of.
«You want to be part of a winning team. You never want to go to a team that's rebuilding - that's not enjoyable hockey. You want to be playing for something meaningful every year. We've had years where we miss playoffs, and we're fighting for our lives going down the stretch in a playoff race like we are now.
«Those are some of the best years that you have, because every game is meaningful, and it's like playoff hockey for a long stretch. A little adversity is good for a group. But yeah, that's what I love about being here. They want to win, and that's what you want.»
«You want to be part of a winning team. You never want to go to a team that's rebuilding - that's not enjoyable hockey. You want to be playing for something meaningful every year. We've had years where we miss playoffs, and we're fighting for our lives going down the stretch in a playoff race like we are now.
«Those are some of the best years that you have, because every game is meaningful, and it's like playoff hockey for a long stretch. A little adversity is good for a group. But yeah, that's what I love about being here. They want to win, and that's what you want.»
The Bruins are bringing this down to the wire, they have just 25 games left to try and save their season and extend their playoff streak to nine straight years, but things aren't looking good.
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