But Blashill was also quick to add it’s just not young players who are under the microscope these final weeks.

“Guys have contracts up, they’re playing for their livelihoods, and as a team we want to grow as a group,” Blashill said. “There’s a whole bunch of stuff on the line for all of our guys.”

You think he’s talking about himself too?

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Working on the farm forged Marleau’s durability.

I wasn’t going to get a good encapsulation of Marleau’s career so I picked a sentence that’s at least fun to mull.