He also got in the face of Rasmus Ristolainen after the Sabre defenseman hit Pastrnak after the whistle. He landed a couple shots on net and had a big hit early on. While the top line didn’t score in the 3-2 win, Frederic did not look completely out of place. These guys are all pros … and he still needs to be physical, get to the front of the net for those two.” It’s never a bad play to shoot the puck.’ Teammates don’t generally get on you when you shoot the puck, unless you’re missing an obvious play. And when he comes back to the bench, we’ll have to say ‘Freddy, trust your instincts. I know there’ll be a couple of times where he’ll look to make a play where it’s 50-50 whether he should shoot or pass. We talked about that (Friday) in practice. “You’ve got to shoot the puck on that line. “(The message) to Frederic was play to your strengths,” said Cassidy. Trent Frederic got the biggest chance of his young NHL career, jumping up to play in Marchand’s spot with Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak. “You deal a little bit with those kinds of situations so there is a little bit of history there where you just get used to it and move on to the next player,” said Cassidy.
In dealing with the uncertainties of this season, Cassidy said he’s drawn on his experience coaching in the AHL, where players are constantly coming and going. No player says, ‘Play me less, coach.’ So here’s a day that they’re going to get some of that.” Every player in that room probably wants more responsibility. That’s 19 minutes (of opportunity) for somebody else, so step up and grab it. As I told the group today, Marchie plays on average 19 minutes. “We have a deep roster and the other guys are ready to go. “You’re always going to get thrown curve balls,” said Cassidy. Marchand joined Sean Kuraly and Jake DeBrusk, both of whom have been out of action for over a week on the list.
The hits just keep coming for the Bruins.īefore Saturday’s matinee against the Buffalo Sabres, B’s coach Bruce Cassidy announced that first-line left wing Brad Marchand entered the NHL’s COVID protocol list.
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