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He scored at a 154-point pace last season, and is entering his physical prime at age 24. 97 can’t smash his previous high of 116 points, set as a 21-year-old. ▪ Connor McDavid scores 130 points, but Nathan MacKinnon wins MVP.
When you’re new, it’s easier to be physical than it is to score.”Ĭould Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon take home the MVP this season? Justin Edmonds/Getty “For me, if I had someone lined up to hit, I was going to hit ‘em. “There were all kinds of fights all the time,” Neely said. But he knows that’s what got the attention of the brass. Neely couldn’t remember which veteran defenseman he ran - possibly Harold Snepsts - during his first invite to Canucks camp. Terry O’Reilly was coaching, so you knew how you were going to be required to play.” “Injuries, Gordie Kluzak being hurt opened up a tremendous opportunity. “I was abrasive enough to catch people’s eyes, and it went from there,” said Sweeney, who took his senior year Harvard classes on the road the previous spring, after joining the Maine Mariners for the AHL playoffs. Sweeney recalls serving notice to the brass by standing up gritty veteran Keith Crowder in a scrimmage. Sweeney, 5 feet 10 inches and 185 pounds, was competitive in the corners “to the point it you off,” then-teammate Cam Neely remembered. No one would confuse Don Sweeney, the player, with Marchand, but the Bruins general manager brought his nasty streak in 1988. Two years later, in a scrimmage with his teammates, he took out veteran Dennis Seidenberg at the knees in the neutral zone, earning an angry slash to the leg. “I try to be a little out there,” he said. In 2008, he flashed a peach-fuzz grin after running a few teammates in rookie camp.
Maddie Meyer/Gettyĭuring his years as a wannabe Bruin, Marchand would lower his shoulder into oncoming traffic whenever he could. Before he was the NHL's most prolific pest, Brad Marchand was a scrappy rookie with a willingness to get physical.