Brad Marchand Trips Seattle's Bjorkstrand w/ Blatant Slewfoot
Brad Marchand - less than a week after questioning the NHL's Department of Player Safety - might be hearing from them over a cut-and-dry slewfoot. Thursday night's matchup between the Boston Bruins and the Seattle Kraken saw a crazy finish and rowdy atmosphere in Seattle.
The B's - trailing by a goal with under four minutes - scored two goals in just over two minutes to secure the win in regulation. Truly a wild finish.
This tilt also featured its fair share of extracurricular activities. 18 PIMs were dished out all said and done, which isn't a ton in retrospect, but most of the penalties were slashing, cross-checking, unsportsmanlike conduct, etc. Non-passive penalties, we will call them.
Brad Marchand and Oliver Bjorkstrand each took a cross-checking penalty in the third, but the former got off lightly. Marchand blatantly slewfooted Bjorkstrand, sending him to the ice like a sack of potatoes.
Brad Marchand with a slew foot on Oliver Bjorkstrand pic.twitter.com/LgMv9FQ38n— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) February 24, 2023
Marchand has been fairly well-behaved this season - well, on the ice at least. It was only a matter of time before he stepped out of line, and voila! Out he stepped.
No question the NHL is aware of the situation, although no word from Player Safety - yet.
| POLL | ||
FÉVRIER 24 | 418 ANSWERS Brad Marchand Trips Seattle's Bjorkstrand w/ Blatant Slewfoot Should the NHL suspend/fine Brad Marchand for this slewfoot? | ||
| Suspension, 1-3 games | 108 | 25.8 % |
| Suspension, 4+ games | 168 | 40.2 % |
| Fine | 63 | 15.1 % |
| No discipline whatsoever | 79 | 18.9 % |
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mitch Marner | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Logan Cooley | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| William Nylander | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jack McBain | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Dylan Guenther | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Michael Kesselring | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Fraser Minten | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mikhail Sergachev | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Chris Tanev | - | 1 | 1 | |
| John Tavares | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Simon Benoit | - | - | - | |
| Nick Bjugstad | - | - | - | |
| Michael Carcone | - | - | - | |
| Ian Cole | - | - | - | |
| Lawson Crouse | - | - | - | |
| Connor Dewar | - | - | - | |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | - | - | - | |
| Barrett Hayton | - | - | - | |
| Pontus Holmberg | - | - | - | |
| Clayton Keller | - | - | - | |
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TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Maple Leafs | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
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