Marchand just passed Guy LaFleur in most playoff points. If anyone says they wouldn’t want him they are fools.

"Boston isn't used to that." Nonsense, of course. It's a tough, physical league.

As a Leafs fan, can't stand Marchand. As a Canadian, I can't be more proud of my East Coast boy! Get 'er done!

Marchand lives rent free in the Leaf's heads. He said what he said to the press because he knows putting the Leaf's on a pedestal is only going to cause more pressure and add fuel to the flame if and when the Leafs don't perform to the expectations him and fans have created. Veteran player playing veteran mind games.

I don't know if Brad marchand is the most hated person in Toronto, but I understand where you're coming from. I live in downtown Toronto, about 700 m from the Scotiabank arena. I've been a Leafs fan all my life, which started in 1960. I watched the Leafs win the Stanley cup on TV in 1967 with my dad, and I've been hoping ever since... I don't hate Brad Marchand at all. When I try to figure out if I like a player or not, I always try to figure out what I would think of him, if he were on the Maple Leafs. I've got to say, Brad Marchand would be my favorite player on the Leafs, and he would be yours too...

He's not giving credit smh... he's just trolling them by adding pressure. Same ol laffs imo

I’d say Trudeau is the most hated man in Toronto but, they keep voting him in. So that’s not right either

Boston lives rent free in Toronto

Bruins should keep the centennial uniform after this season. I think its sharp.

Brad was trolling the The Leafs with those comments.

I met Brad Marchand a few years ago he is actually a super nice guy he was signing autographs for some little kids and taking pictures with them and he told the kids to practice in Hockey stay in school and be nice to your parents and I'm 51 years old I said to Brad Marchand that was really cool what you said to the kids I have so much respect for you now and he said thanks man I appreciate that.. and yes I know Brad Marchand is a pest on the ice but when you're playing hockey the other team is not supposed to like you like I played Minor Hockey and I was in fights and had heated moments But all that stays on the ice it's part of the game

I'm a leaf fan but as a hockey fan this guy is awesome. Any fan would love him if he was on your team.

Bertuzzi is getting sucked in by Marchand. So disappointing to see

He nose what he's doing

He's just trying to lull them to sleep. There's always an angle with Marchand.

Toronto has a great team and with the players they have, I feel bad that they are going home for the season. The fans shouldn't be mad at any of the players. Don't fault Samsonov either. Go back throughout the season and watch all the goals He gave up. I guarantee you 80 to 85% of the goals he gave up were goals he would never have saved nor would any other goalie. Today's players are so elite that the passes they make at the last second for another guy to tip it in is insane. Every game at least one goal will be made that the goalie for any goalie ever could have saved. You guys have a great goalie, and great players. Toronto's problem is it's coaching. On paper, Toronto's team compared to Boston's team, Toronto is the favorite. On the ice, Toronto loses the series, the Bruins almost won the president's trophy. That tells you wrote right there that coaching is better in Boston. When you just sit back and look at the teams, you say damn Toronto should win this in four games, four to nothing. You cannot see good coaching, determination and heart on paper. Toronto should be proud of their players, but you fans should get on their coach to be fired And also on the owner to pay up for Superstars. Matthews needs to get his money and marner needs to be shipped out. Hell, ship him to Boston!

Thought you were talking about Trudeau

He knows what he's doing.

Also, its only the fans that dont respect teams/players, not thr team/players themselves.

“Crazy to believe that!….He’s a veteran”??? I feel like he’s been around forever.

Got to admit, he is a damned good player. He is a catalyst. His antics may piss even some teammates off but, since taking the C, he's toned it down. Maybe he can sign with the Leafs.

Marchand is easily one of the greatest captains in the nhl right now. Dude is 100% committed to his teammates and the bruins, and is so fucking good. Used to hate him, now I understand he is a legend

Marchand is the kind of player you hate until he's on your team.

Guess he's not kissing this year lol

Mind games never end

Are all the Original 6 teams still rivals?

A few politicians take the title you suggest.

Marchand is not the most hated man in Toronto. He’s the most hated man in sports.

So how is all this new found physical game working out for the leafs

there used to be a way to deal with someone like Marchand back in the day -> "sweep the leg johnny" (its a joke).

Great acting, oscars for both teams 👏 👍

The days of bad mouthing your opponent are long gone, the game moves way to fast today and these players know that anything can happen and nobody likes to have to eat their words

Unfortunately it's ONLY the Score Board that Matters!!!

Names may change, but the place stays the same

There is no such thing as over and out. It's just out.

Everyone talking about if Nylander is going to play when nobody’s asking the same of Marner

I detest the guy on the ice. If i saw him on the street i would ask for a picture with him and give him props.

Marshy blowing fake flowers at the leafs. He knows at some point the bow wow is gonna come out of Marner , nylander and Mathew’s. Watch the pasta goal again and see who is gliding when pasta blows past him at the blue line and who is gliding down the middle on the back check . No surprise that it’s WOOF and WOOF. Poor Leaf’s fans

The Leafs trying to be physical is taking them out of their game.

6 Years of losing to this team. The Raptors endured LEBRONTO for 8 years..... so what if they lose? The better team won. Every. Single. Time.

The most hated man on the ice is the best player on the ice.

He knows what he'd doing. That's what makes it clear that he has no respect for the game. Yea has got serious talent as a player. As a leader and as his best attempts at being a man, he makes all the bruins shittier and more childish. I CANT respect him as a man cause he doesn't act like one, he acts like a child. I DONT want a child on my hockey team no matter how talented lil guy is. Sir, I can think of 0 good reasons to respect the Bruins. That'd be like respecting a 3rd grader for how strong they bully. Kid you just haven't run into a real man yet, but that's cause daddy issues, don't worry you will. Also on the subject of Bruins and their leadership in the last decade.... take a look at how many series they have blown in the playoffs. and its always because they just crumble

Only people who never played (or were whiners when they did) fail to respect Marchand. He outworks everyone, makes huge plays, leads everywhere on the ice including the scoreboard, disrupts the opposition with his tenacity, uses every inch of slack the rules give him, and will challenge any guy no matter how big and bad he says he is. He's a paragon of playing hockey The Right Way. He has the honor and class to respect his opponent (and credit to Domi for same). Seems like a lot of people don't understand that there is a mental side to the game in which any foothold you can get in causing your opponents to anticipate your behavior is a chance to steal more initiative, and if you can get them emotionally perturbed, it throws off their game, opening up more advantage. To do what he does as well as he does it along with being so skilled with and without the puck and putting up points is a full package, and he doesn't even have any size on his side. If he hasn't earned someone's respect by now, it's on them, not him.

Lol u need to watch the interview he was trolling them hard he even looks at the camera and smerks

We want Florida 😂

The referees are for Boston

Anyone who knows hockey don't hate Marshie. He can be on my team anytime. But its the playoffs. You got all summer to drink beer at the cottage. Everyone loves watching him play. Just hate playing against him.

Won't watch until he takes off his skates

I dunno, Ross Atkins is pretty hated.

everyone hates him, they deep down would take him on their team in a heartbeat cause he produces a lot getting 30+ goals a year pretty regularly, is good with young players as a mentor and makes players around him better and some of the hate people do give him deep down is just jealousy

Marchand is the modern day Ulf Samuelsson, a rat who cheap shots and turtles the minute someone tries to grab him. and for some reason the league protects him. Would bake a cake if Max emulated his old man and knocked Marchand out the same way Tie got Samuelsson.

I love that guy. An old fashion hockey style. Tough as nails. Give em hell Brad. If they can't take it, they can try again next year when they are a little tougher.

Didn’t change their DNA same old leafs

As a Leafs fan, Marchand is very skilled but he is very dirty too. The problem isn't so much that hes dirty, its that the refs know this but rarely call him on it. As long as he gets away with his antics, hes going to continue doing it. I mean, wouldnt you, especially if it helps you win?

If marchie wasn't wearing the right jersey i' d hate him too, luckily he's in black & gold.

Yes, as a Boston fan, I used to kind of be embarrassed by a lot of things, especially endangering other players with slew footing. I honestly believe he was doing it because of only being 59 and had a chip on his shoulder yes since grown up and let his talent do his speaking for him although he still tries to get under your skin. Funny thing is when big Bart got to Boston last year. Brad drove him to practice all the time. This is why I love hockey.

I’m a Habs fan and Marchand will end up one day a Montreal player, I would stop being a fan!!!!!!🐀= 💩

This whole segment is so far left its embarrassing and he's being sarcastic and wasn't sincere and he's playing his usual mind games ; he doesn't respect the game as his dirty plays like slew footing and sucker punching and licking opponents while yelling obscenities as well as spearing/clipping and swinging his stick at goaltenders ( one goalie almost lost an eye) and been suspended so many times too many too mention; fake news and so far off that this is not even journalism 😂

the one player to hate yet would love to have on your team

Nope not Brad it’s beach ball Sammy !!!

Marchie is the guy you love to hate. I love a good pest - I mean, Tucker was my guy for years on Toronto - they just bring something to the game. And Marchand is a damn good player on top of being the guy you also want to see get flattened against the boards.

❤BB❤ ❤Marchand ❤ Toronto, stop the nonsense...

Great Nova Scotian and a hell of a hockey player he knows how to get under there skin.

I'm a Rangers fan but love Marchand. The league needs players like him, Avery, yes....Wilson, Rempe.....the keep things fun, interesting, chippy. LETS GO RANGERS!!!!! WASHINGTON WONT EVEN HAVE TIME TO GROW THEIR PLAYOFF BEARDS!!!

Marchand the most hated man in TO, he's a leader a working example. If the Leaf would have a similar player with his skill.

Leafs win tonight 6-1

Idc if nylander has 4 migraines, he should be playing.

He sees the game from a birdseye view

RAT

It's rather amusing to see people who think that Nylander, the biggest creampuff on the team, is going to be the x-factor if he returns. Guy is gonna get just bodied in this series. He'll come back for one game, and likely be stretchered off the ice if he even sniffs a corner. No, your $11.5M albatross, will not be the saviour. Toronto will lose............... again. 22 straight years of utter failure. It's embarrassing and hysterical, whenever you hear Toronto fans try and pump themselves up for the playoffs, as though they were just born yesterday.

This is not what was said. So dumb

I mean he could be fucking with the leafs by saying that, I mean think, he knows that the statement will spread like wildfire and that it may make fans expect more physicality to live up to that.

The Leafs need to ignore Marchands dirty antics! Hit him at every opportunity, focus and play your game? A much needed WIN tonight, to even the series! GO LEAFS GO!!!!

Theres a few more "hated" names above Brad Marchand inToronto these days - nylander, marner, matthews... Keefe.

Marchy is a different man since pinning the C on his chest. He no longer takes crazy penalties and has more self -discipline than ever before. He is a great hockey man. Do not chalk him up to some nefarious character in this hockey world. Honestly, if I had my choice as a Bruins fan I would like him to go back to being a true "rat", and really get nasty. He is a definite asset to the Bruins, and I hope he plays a few more years for this club. Or at least until he bags another Stanley Cup for the New England area.

Having all that toughness means nothing if you don't know how to use it and when. Leafs have no clue.

Yeah, we are more physical for sure. However, nothing else has changed. We still end up on the losing end. If we are lucky we may win one more but Boston has more determination and grit than Toronto and will win in 6.

Why did you say Marchand respects the game? There are more than a dozen recorded instances of him not respecting the game and displaying rat behavior. People are so lighthearted talking about him omitting the many times he's injured or nearly injured players recklessly.

He might be a rat, but he’s our rat.

No respect for Rats

The thing I hate about Marchand is that he IS an 'elite player but his antics just cheapen the game.

20,818 days since Toronto has won the cup……😊

It's psychological warfare. Both Marchand and Swayman are in the minds of the Leafs. Monty is right about the Leafs getting psyched out by Swayman. Forget about the rotation this series, but play coy. Don't show your hand but play Swayman each game. Let Linus play the next series, Swayman owns the Leafs.

No one really gives a fiddlers what he has to say, let’s just remind you all how they lost to the panthers last season after being up 3 games to 1

He's the current day version of Michael Peca but better! He gets under other player's skin with some dirty tactics to get them off their game and then exploits them.

Get to the fucking point.

If you're ranking defensive pairs in the NHL, I dare you to find a worse pair than McCabe and Benoit.

I have a friend who hates Marchand but agrees that if you were starting a team with only one player then Marchand is that player.

Hate your own team Leaf "fans". Where's Marner?...how about Nylander? His team is down 2-1...and he just released a press conference where he's laughing!

He got fukd up last night though and it looks like ribs to me or some thing in the area like cartilage! Oooh that 💩hurts!

Marchand owns the Leafs. 😀

Brad Marchand has forgotten more about Hockey than most NHL players today will ever know…

Leafs aren’t tough, they are trying to be tough

Hate him all you want. This 5’9” bundle is a fighter mentally and physically. Most guys his size don’t get near the NHL, and here Bradley is in the top of the top. The Leafs and fans can learn a lot from that guy. And much does your hate make you better? Your strategy of hating and whining hasn’t won the cup since 67!

Marchand is a dirty hockey player...

As a Bruins fan, I wouldn't say I loved everything he's ever done. The hit on Johansson, the licking thing. Just because he's on my team doesn't mean I have love it all. But I've also seen the reputation calls go against him even on some occasions to the level of suspensions. Either way Marchand-Bertuzzi playoff warfare should be enjoyed not complained about.

Perhaps the LAFFS should negotiate a little harder with the ones they gave too much money to and stop bringing in underwhelming goons like Dumi who has been with what 5 teams and Apes the play so little like Reaves

Merchand is the dirtiest player in the nhl

Living 100 km away from Trana....i love Marchant!!!!! Fk the Leafs!!!!!

Rangers fan here, obviously no love for Marchand. Every time he has puck, he makes a play. Respect his skill and grit.