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Hilarious Brad Marchand-Torey Krug Twitter feud reaches new level with Patrice Bergeron included originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.com In case you missed, Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand and defenseman Torey Krug have been engaging in a bit of a Twitter feud over the last 48 hours or so. These two have joked with each other on Twitter quite a bit in their time as teammates, so this is nothing new, but the quality of the burns lately has been pretty good. The battle continued Wednesday night when Marchand tweeted, without mentioning Krug, that he was planning to launch his official Instagram on Friday. Continue to Article

March 07, 2019 11:06:am EST

Winners of 10 of their last 11 games, the Boston Bruins seem pretty comfortable with running it back with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. After Brad Marchand made waves on Tuesday while openly vouching for Mitch Marner to squeeze all the money he can out of the Toronto Maple Leafs in restricted free agency, the Twitter trolling continued with another member of Bruins on Wednesday. Torey Krug took it upon himself to apologize for his teammate digging into other teams' personal matters, and pointed to the root cause of his “master troll job” (according to Leafs GM Kyke Dubas) and overall behaviour online. Continue to Article

March 06, 2019 2:00:pm EST

According to Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe, Backes explained that after a meeting with Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy, he's chosen to adopt this new role as a means to preserve his spot on the roster and continue being a “vital contributor. Troublingly, Backes dismissed any concern over his concussion history as a follow-up question in the discussion over his new throwback role. There's been three documented head injuries since his move to Boston in 2016 alone. Continue to Article

March 06, 2019 1:49:pm EST

Backes has had a difficult time finding a regular role in the Boston Bruins' lineup this season, even spending time as a healthy scratch during year that's seen him score only five times in 54 games. But on Tuesday night, he again found himself taking up a job on the team that started last week: enforcer. It's not your traditional enforcer role, of course. Continue to Article

March 06, 2019 12:48:pm EST

Jake DeBrusk had a goal, an assist and one very big steal to help the Boston Bruins keep rolling toward the playoffs. DeBrusk stole the puck deep in Carolina's zone and made a centering pass to David Krejci for the game-winner 1:46 into overtime as the Bruins beat the Hurricanes 4-3 on Tuesday night. ''He just put it on my tape,'' Krejci said. Continue to Article

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