"At the end of the day, what's the difference? Losing in the finals and not making the playoffs. You don't win. There's one winner and everyone else is a loser. This gives us more time to prepare for next year and become an even better team."
"That's why I'm playing hockey. I don't want to go out there, play 82 games and not make the playoffs. I think that's a waste of a year for me, you know what I mean? You want to be playing these games."
Brad Marchand will miss the NHL playoffs while the Boston Bruins have secured a wild-card spot. After being traded to the Florida Panthers, Marchand won a Stanley Cup but now faces disappointment as his team did not qualify for the postseason. He expressed that missing the playoffs is similar to losing in the finals, stating that there is only one winner. In contrast, Bruins player Nikita Zadorov disagreed, emphasizing that playing 82 games without making the playoffs feels like a waste of a year.
Read at Boston.com
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