BEDFORD— Pat Maroon is one of the most feared bruisers in the NHL for a reason.
A seasoned scrapper with 990 penalty minutes and 131 total fights on his resume, Maroon has the size (6-foot-3, 234 pounds) and snarl to take on just about anyone in this league.
Perhaps it’s for that very reason that the Florida Panthers have refused Maroon’s repeated requests for some post-whistle pleasantries.
In a heated second-round series where the Bruins already lost their captain Brad Marchand to a sucker punch and saw their star player in David Pastrnak drop the gloves in a lopsided Game 2 loss, Maroon has been on the prowl and looking to dole out some damage.