“Taking the [agitating element] out of my game might have been the wrong approach. It kind of lights a fire under my butt, and maybe I have to get back to that. It might be nice to put it away, but I’m not kidding myself into thinking that I’m a skill player. I need to stick to my roots, and do what got me here. Playing hard and gritty is my style.”

-Brad Marchand of the Boston Bruins. More from and on Marchand by Joe Haggerty of CSNNE.