How Brad Marchand Transformed Himself After 'The Lick'
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🗓️ 17 March 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
It was one of the strangest moments in hockey history. During a nationally-televised NHL playoff game in 2018, Boston Bruins star Brad Marchand leaned in close to a Tampa Bay Lightning opponent...and licked his face. And it was the second time Marchand had done this in two weeks. But since then, the frequently suspended and widely loathed winger has not faced disciplinary action by the NHL a single time. The Athletic’s Fluto Shinzawa wondered how this remarkable transformation came about, and discovered that it started with a conversation at a backyard barbecue. Three years later, Marchand is aiming to rewrite his legacy and lead the Bruins to the Stanley Cup.
Read Fluto Shinzawa's full story about Brad Marchand's transformation:
https://theathletic.com/2377748/2021/03/04/after-the-lick-how-the-bruins-brad-marchand-eliminated-the-rat-from-his-game/
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| 0:07.0 | So, Fluto, first of all, I feel like we might have to give the strangest content warning |
| 0:18.6 | ever. |
| 0:19.8 | Listeners, what you're about to hear might make you sort of gross. |
| 0:25.8 | Uh, squeamish, uh, slimy? |
| 0:29.7 | Yeah, caution, this story will be a bit slimy and squirmy. |
| 0:36.4 | It was one of the strangest moments in hockey history. |
| 0:40.0 | During a heated playoff game in 2018, on national television, Boston Bruins winger Brad |
| 0:44.7 | Martian leaned in close to an opponent and licked his face. |
| 0:49.4 | This got so much publicity that I believe Martian does it again. |
| 0:53.3 | No, the other guy's going to punch him in the head. |
| 0:54.9 | No, no, no, come on, it's got a punch. |
| 0:55.9 | You should have punched him. |
| 0:56.9 | The NHL apparently had to call the Bruins in an attempt to get Brad Martian to stop licking |
| 1:01.5 | people. |
| 1:02.5 | Today, the athletics Fluto Shenzawa on what pushed one of hockey's best and most hated |
| 1:07.2 | players to go one step too far. |
| 1:10.3 | But how he now seems to have changed his ways, thanks to a conversation at a backyard |
| 1:14.8 | barbecue. |
| 1:15.8 | He was at a stage of his, not just his career, but of his life, where his legacy was important |
| 1:22.6 | to him. |
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