BOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand doesn’t believe for a second that the window is closing on the team’s chances to win another Stanley Cup championship with the core that etched its name on the trophy in 2011.
One of five members of the last Bruins team to won it all — they also returned to the Cup finals two years later — Marchand insisted there’s no special push to win before 42-year-old defenseman Zdeno Chara skates into retirement.
“That guys going to play until he’s 50,” Marchand said with a laugh. “He’s just a freak.