A superb and highly talented player. And a total rat.

one of the top players out of Halifax....Brad,, Sid the Kid and McKinnon and soon Justin Barron in Montreal

Could you imagine how beloved hed be if there was no shenanigans to his name?

Caps / Canucks fan. Always hated Marchand as an opponent. Always respected him too. The intangibles are off the chart, on top of being a good and reliable player. Great some seasons even. I think he's borderline HOF -- perfectly happy if he makes it.

Nobody can deny the talent that Marchand has brought to the game... he however balances that out with his general rat-ness. The day he retires his talent will be missed, but the rat will not.

I’ll never forget his flying elbow into the head of Marcus Johansson after the whistle. Purely a dirty play. JM missed over 50 games.

Been a Bruins fan since 06. Don’t love his antics but he’s been a damn good player throughout his career.

The guy gonna go to the same HOF as Dale Hunter did. 🤣

I support the Bruins, but I can't support the ridiculous antics of Marchand, and people almost always bring him up when I mention the Bruins. It's better when he sticks to hockey. The guy can play.

If he wins another Cup with Boston I think his skill and hard work are remembered the most. If the Bruins do nothing with the rest of his career, his pest antics are the headline around him going forward. Either way, I would love to see him in the HoF, he’s one of a kind. Go B’s!

Yep basically Sean Avery with Talent. With one key difference. Avery was at times hated by his own teammates as well. Whereas in Boston Marchand is very popular.

I remember when Bedard debut in TD garden, Marchy was defending him, and all those antics lol. A fierce competitor. That's what my assessment for Bradley.

good question, i think the odds are really stacked against Marchand to get in the hof, he has to really make it a no brainier. one of these days we may have to start talking about how Marchand is left very underrated by the history books. he's dirty, he's found success on teams with slightly more notable players, he's got no major individual awards. he may have found the holy trinity of reasons to be left out of the hall ignoring points.

Bruins fan since the 50's. I've seen a lot of class acts over the years. Marchie is not one of them. IMO ten years of babysitting by Bergeron made him look better than he was. He'll have the HOF numbers, but he'll need help getting inducted.

Im a Red Wings fan but I like Marchand. I find him highly entertaining. I prefer him when hes not playing the Red Wings.

Like Chris Pronger or Corey Perry, you hate him unless he plays for your team.

Love the magnet, reminds of the Estevan SJHL Bruins logo

I'm amazed that you didn't bring up he is 10th all time in short handed goals. He might finish his career 8th or 7th. Good vid.

Love marshy he should easily be first ballot HOF

I see so many people saying he "isn't dirty." idk how you could say that with a straight face. He is literally the most suspended player.

Marchand has almost as many suspensions as fights. For comparison, Perry has had 78 fights since 2001. Marchand doesn't stick to the "code". He sucker punches and escapes behind Chara or Bergeron.

He plays a role - a heel. He's one of the best to do it. If he gets under your skin, he's doing his job. I respect the guy.

He is HOF material. Consider his size, stats and commitment to the game! He's on every fantasy team I have!👍🖤💛

As a long time Bs fan who remembers John Wensink challenging the Minnesota bench in 1978, I was hoping someone else would be named captain, but there really was no other choice.

Easily the most polarizing player in the league

I feel like each generation following this one, that high def picture of him licking the other player will come back and get huge.

Probably a video for the summer, but I wonder if you've everdone a career video on John Ogrodnick, (if so I apologize in advance). A good player on some really bad teams.

lol Could not stop laughing for a minute lol that is a lot of suspensions.

One of my favorite players and he definitely helped me win my 2011 playoff pool

This would have been posted a few months ago without the 28 games suspended.

Since you're going full Disney these days, I'll go with what Thumper's dad always said.

Honestly I've loved this guy since I first seen him play. He plays with heart and emotion. Does he play on the edge? Sure. Has he gone over the edge? Yes he has. But he has tried to work on being more mature in his play and he really has worked hard at it. The guy wears his heart on his skeave. I understand fans not liking how he plays and that's their right. But I really hate when people don't realize what a great person he is off the ice, in the locker room or in the community. I mean I absolutely hated PK Suban as a player, and I really don't care for him on tv, but he is a really great guy off the ice and away from the cameras.

He's an excitable boy who is going to the Hall of Fame. One of my all-time favourite Bruins. Love the guy. Great captain.

The 18-19 season he had 96 penalty minutes. Shame as the 100 point 100 PIM is a list of HOF players. Had not been done since Crosby in 05-06 (M. Tkachuk has done it since)

YESS LETS GOOOOOO MY TYPE OF VIDEO!!!!!

I've always given him a pass on his play, because first I'm a Bruins fan. Second, it is easier for me to cope with some of his questionable plays because he is so talented. He's not a bum, goon, or third rate cheap shot artist. Third, he is an intense player, all out, and I think that even he regrets some spontaneous decisions. I mean it's a very fast game and some players tend to think first before acting or reacting. Fourth, I'm a Bruins fan. 🤣

As a long time Bruins fan I support Brad Marchand anyway anytime. Always glad Marchand is in our dressing room and not in any other NHL dressing room. Brad Marchand is an all era Bruin. Fans who don’t get Marchand keep up your good work. Brad Marchand is Hockey.

2022, Brad Marchand launches March Munch Cinnamon Crunch breakfast cereal. Portion of Sales to Christopher's Haven.

Boston fan and been a huge Marchy fan since the Stanley Cup Playoff with the Canucks. Hate when he does stuff to get suspended though but he's on our team so it's your problem.

As a Bruins & Marchand fan, I love him but at the same time I really hate some of the stupid and totally unneeded things that he does.

The Rat, the most hated player in hockey.

Hmm - not wearing a Marchand jersey for a Marchand career video - huh?

Brad Marchand should get a 5 game suspension for playing 1000 games /s

he will be in hall of fame

When he licked the face of Callahan, it crossed a line that can never be forgiven... An action that is beyond bizarre, utterly foul, and twistedly alarming... I commend Callahan for keeping his composure, for if it was perpetrated against me, the outcome would have been much, much different...

Canucks fan here.... Do I hate the guy? Yes. Do I respect the dude? Yes. He continues to get the job done, across a long career. To me he is like if Antoine Roussel was an All-Star level player.

Marchy's a class act on and off the ice.👍😭😭

He may just be one of the most well rounded players in the league, I used to hate him but idk he's kinda won me over in the last 2-3 years, gotta respect the talent and the willingness lately to clean up a bit! I still think his failed shootout attempt is the most hilarious thing I've ever seen in hockey and I'm also grateful for that😅

Hes not afraid of anything. Thats the best quality for a captain: loose-cannon temper,…not so good for the captain. Still hes on my favourites list.

I remember him in the world jrs for canada He was the best player on the ice. I knew he wd be a big star in NHL. All antics aside he is a talented hockey player.

You usually mention how many Olympic gold medals a players has won. Has it been 1 gold so far, or 2?

Brad Marchand is clutch and is a great player 👏🏻 thank you And Let's finish what we started last year and get the cup!

I think jack edwards also doesn't help when it comes to people's opinion of marchand

Dirty Marchand

The controversial career? Nothing he's done overshadows his accomplishments.

I personally don't really think he cares if he gets into the H.O.F. lol i do think he cares about his TEAM which is why he has improved since donning the C but I don't think he rightly cares if he gets awards

He's Sean Avery.. Minus the sloppy comment add skill. I cheer for him because he's on my team

He is a gifted, talented player -- when he isn't doing stupid/silly stuff.

The kind of player you hate unless he is on your team.

Sami Salo Balls of steel...

63 unreal player 1st ballet HOF

You can really tell who only watches the Bruins when they play their favourite team because those are the people that are the loudest about Marchand still being as dirty as ever. Compare his game now to 10 years ago and it's drastically different. It's noticable, for people who actually watch the Bruins, how much he's matured over the past couple seasons.

Dale Hunter got most of his 1,020 points in a wide-open era of offensive hockey. Marchand is approaching 1,000 points in a time when most teams are defensive machines, especially compared to past eras. Marchand is the superior player between the two.

It truly is unfortunate that his reputation as a rat has over shadowed how great of a player he is

Any time I'm feeling down, I go find the video of PK Subban butt checking Marchand. It's a shame that a talented player like him needs to be a rat bastard.

1000 games is a lot of hockey for a RAT to play

True nova scotian legend

I like the idea of Brad Marchand (undersized player stays in the league for 1000 games/900 pts by playing on the edge and beating opponents by getting in their head), but he does not play on my team, so I hate Brad Marchand.

yes hes a pest, but he's "our" pest and we love him.

I do like Marchand, in fact is one of my favorites and i'm not a Boston fan ( it's a Celtics thing and the Patriots didn't help neither ) !!!

First rule of Brad Marchand: NO discussions of his "redemption arc" shall be made until AFTER he resists the urge to take a cheap shot during a playoff loss

He is Character and true hockey player. It has been great for whole league that different team fans hate Marchand, at same time also pure hockey fans value his impact. There aren't that many skilled and annoying players on NHL anymore. Someday they are completely gone and game will be missing important part of detail and variation.

The guy is bloody competitive and talented but he's no Bergeron

If Marchy reaches 1,000 points, I think that'll shut down enough people from trying to keep him out of the Hall that he'll make it in. Marchand's a dirty player, but only from time to time. He's like a normal guy, his emotions get the better of him sometimes, but he's gotten better about it over the years. I grew up not really watching hockey, but being a Bruins fan as I live in New Hampshire. As a Wild fan today, with the Bs as my second team, I love the way Boston treats Marchy. I wish he'd play a bit more like Joel Eriksson Ek, where he's annoying as hell to the other team, but never crossed the line, but hey, that's just Brad Marchand. Hope they retire him, Bergy, and Chara all on the same day.

Say what you want about Marchand, but he's nothing compared to some of the guys in the 80s.

Marchand as a captain is a joke. He should've been sued for sexual harassment when he licked other players faces.

Ever since I saw him hit a CBJ player in the back of the head in 2019 (I think it was Josh Anderson) I've hated him. Like yeah he fs is a talented player, but that means nothing if you're literally out for blood every time you hit the ice.

Hockey fans who don’t like Marchand I pay them no mind…

There's this weird blank space above all the career statistics?

I don't like Brad Marchand, but I marvel about his ability to always be in the right spot at the right time. It's amazing how the puck always manages to find his stick. He's a little guy and little guys have usually have inferiority complexes and they compensate be being agressive. He's pretty good at what he does. I still don't like him.

Hate his intentional dirty moves to hurt guys. Will never forget the Salo low hit, that was disgusting. And he regularly tries to end guys careers with dirty knee-to-knee moves. He has slew footing perfected, the Niskanen, Brassard, Kronwall, Stralman incidents stand out. And don't even get me started on him licking guys. If the league was serious about the rules he would have been banned years ago but they enable him with the nothing fines and minimal suspensions.

I am not sure BM is a sure thing for HoF but if there was a Hall of the Infamous he'd be a mortal lock! I don't think the points merit it, he was a significant though not key piece of the Cup win and his early career numbers are mweh. Really, when he grew up and started to focus on beating teams on the scoreboard his offensive numbers jumped - if he produced like that earlier on he'd be a sure thing

You love him if he's on your team....he's not on my team

To me the highlight of his career is the botched shootout against Philly.

Marchand is the sort of dirty player who enjoys hurting people. No respect for him despite his skill.

Marchand tears fuel my soul

Still surprised he got the C over pasta. Grow up in Mass so I am a Bruins fan, it hard to see him do the dirty crap when you see him off the ice always giving back and visit places like children hospital.

Will never like him. He played his junior here, was a shitstain here too.

HoF for sure

All the haters still coping. Lmao

When you intentionally perform illegal actions that have a good chance of altering another player's career, for the worst, I have no sympathy for you. He is, without a doubt, a talented player, but that doesn't excuse his actions.

Congrats RAT! I love hate you! ❤❤ Leafs Nation. 🙏❤

Can be infuriating, vicious and if he's called for something you didn't see, chances are the replay will show he did it. Yet: He can beat triple coverage and still get the pass across, is dogged and skilled with puck possession along the boards, and I've seen him, on several occasions during a sluggish game, seemingly say f*** this and strap the team onto his back and gut out a win. Also, in these days of generic cliche quotes, he's open, straightforward and frequently hilarious. Local fans love him and he returns the love. Other fans mock and insult him regularly and he leans right into it with a smirk. If he played for anyone else, I'd probably hate him, but as a Bruin he regularly brings a smile to my face.

His greatest moment was him crying on the bench during Game 7 of the 2019 SCF. His poorly timed change led to the GWG.

Not a fan. Because of the licking I find him distasteful. As a player you want six guys on your team with his skill. I don't have an HOF vote so it wouldn't bother me either way. I wonder if at least part of giving him the C was to try and make him be-some-have on the ice for the rest of his career.

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I HAAAATE Marchand.. but I always say he is a fantastic player. He's so freaking good, he doesn't need to be a rat. But that's his game. I'd totally take him on the Lightning but that'll never happen

As a life long Boston fan I'm biased, but we love the guy! Has he played dirty? Yes. But most importantly he plays with passion. He started out with the nickname LIttle Ball of Hate which I guess for his detractors has turned into The Rat. I agree that he has matured and played more cleanly as he has aged. But what a lot of old Bruins fans appreciate about him beyond his pure talent, is his "old time hockey" attitude. He's like a character straight out of Slap Shot. (Charlestown Chiefs - Charlestown is a suburb of Boston). That attitude is reminiscent of the Bruins Lunch Pail era ((77-85) during which Terry O'Reilly and the rest of the team went into the stands and brawled with NY fans at Madison Sq. Garden. Hockey was different back then. It was blue collar and penalty minutes were even tracked on the back of hockey cards and not necessarily as a thing that was bad. Yes some of Brad's actions are as you say, "over the line" but we still love him, his passion, and his talent. He even has a pretty decent sense of humor he puts to use in trash talking. I hope his suspensions don't keep him out of the Hall of Fame, but I fear they may do so. In any event he will always be beloved in Boston!

Hall of very good but not HOF

A throwback to old time hockey Hard worker Keeps you honest out on the ice Champion Not an individual award winner but I think he could see one before he hangs up the skates for leadership