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Biznasty and Brad Marchand sound off on Jordan Binnington.

St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington has stirred up quite a bit of controversy this season, and on Sunday night the NHL on TNT crew had a controversial guest on their broadcast and decided to bring up the topic of Binnington.

That guest was none other than notorious Bruins agitator Brad Marchand, who was set to faceoff against Binnington and the Blues just moments after the conclusion of this interview.

It was former National Hockey League player Paul “Biznasty” Bissonnette who brought up the topic of Binnington, taking shots of his own at the Blues netminder.

“Jordan Binnington is getting the start tonight, he’s a bit of a loose cannon like you,” began Biznasty. “Does it make you a little hesitant to go to the crease area when a goalie like that, who is fit for a straight jacket, is playing?”

Rather than attack Binnington though, Marchand appeared to indicate that he appreciated the antics of the Blues goaltender from a pure entertainment perspective.

“It’s always entertaining,” admitted Marchand. “I think we can all agree that it’s fun to put some TNT or whatever on every morning and see what he gets up to.”

No stranger to players with a bad reputation in the NHL, Marchand even joked that Binnington could potentially be in the process of stealing his crown.

“He makes me look like a good guy though so I love it,” joked Marchand. “I used to be the most hated I think he’s kind of taken that over now.”

Biz on the other hand wasn’t so convinced, believing that the title of most hated player still belongs to Marchand himself, and he told Marchand as much by letting him know to “pump the breaks” on that topic.

You can check out the hilarious segment in the short clip below.

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More bad news regarding Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron.

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The Boston Bruins have been without the services of their captain Patrice Bergeron in the latter stages of the 2022-23 regular season and, although there is reason to believe he would still be playing if the Bruins were playing more meaningful games, that has been something of a cause of concern among the Bruins fan base.

On Saturday, Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery provided an update on his injured captain and once again the news wasn’t particularly positive. Montgomery indicated that Bergeron would continue to sit out throughout the weekend, missing both today’s game against the Pittsburgh Penguins as well as Sunday’s game against the St. Louis Blues.

Montgomery also revealed that Bergeron was actually dealing with not just one injury, but at least a pair of injuries as the Bruins close in on the Stanley Cup playoffs. Montgomery revealed that Bergeron was suffering from both upper body and lower body injuries, making it all the more reasonable to give him time to recover now while they can before the start of the playoffs.

That means the earliest that Bruins fans can expect to see their captain back on the ice will be this coming Thursday when the Bruins take on a division rival in the Toronto Maple Leafs. That game is likely to have a playoff-like atmosphere given the recent run of playoff dominance from the Bruins over the Leafs.

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Bruins admit uncomfortable truth after rare loss

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Things didn’t go according to plan for the NHL-leading Boston Bruins last night against the visiting Nashville Predators, who were able to dole the President’s Trophy frontrunners an extremely rare regulation home setback thanks to killing off five power play opportunities. 

And after battles against top Eastern Conference foes in the Carolina Hurricanes and Tampa Bay Lightning, the Bruins admit they may have overlooked the Predators, who are battling for their playoff lives. Forward Brad Marchand admitted as much, but said that it’s a good learning opportunity. 

“We obviously took them lightly. We seem to get up for the games [against the] teams that we could potentially face down the road,” Marchand said. “I think we were just a little disrespectful of the game tonight against this team, and I think definitely fatigue comes into it.

“But we’re going to run into situations where we are tired moving forward and we still need to be able to show up. It is what it is. Learn from it and move on.”

As far as captain Patrice Bergeron is concerned, the Bruins have nobody but themselves to blame for the loss on home ice. 

“Tonight was one of those nights where we did it to ourselves,” said Bergeron. “No disrespect to them because I obviously think they played a great game and they did what they had to, but we just didn’t execute and that’s what you’re going to get.

“To me it was just that we didn’t play to our standards and to our process, and our details. When you do that, you force plays and you don’t respect the way you want to play the game while getting away from what makes you successful. That’s what you get.”

Boston will have a chance to earn their 58th win of the season when they take on the tanking Columbus Blue Jackets.

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Jim Montgomery pushes back on Taylor Hall report

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Boston Bruins bench boss Jim Montgomery is pushing back on a report from SportsNet Canada’s Darren Dreger, who said that forward Taylor Hall is healthy enough to return to action but is being held out due to salary cap restraints. 

For those of you who may not have seen Dreger’s initial comments, you can view them below: 

“While we were at the general managers’ meetings in Florida earlier this month, there was some discussions about the salary cap and how it related to players that are on long-term injured reserve; is that a key topic of discussion right now with the Boston Bruins, Darren?” host Gino Reda asked Dreger during the latest episode of ‘TSN Insider Trading’ during Tuesday night’s game against the Nashville Predators. 

“Yes it is, specific to one player and maybe two – Taylor Hall and Nick Foligno of the Bruins,” Dreger replied. “We know, according to reports and video, that Hall has been skating with the Bruins for several days now. Sources say that he feels he is ready. The problem is the Bruins don’t have the cap space to activate Hall. Now the NHL playoffs are less than three weeks away so it’s going to be interesting to see how the Bruins manage this situation or, if like the Tampa Bay Lightning a few years ago, they try and stretch it out until the start of the postseason so it’s something that I’m sure other clubs are paying attention to as well.”

Hall was placed on Long Term Injured Reserve by the Bruins after suffering a lower body injury in early March, but has made recent appearances at Bruins practice sessions while wearing a non-contact jersey. And according to Montgomery, Dreger’s report isn’t true. 

“The only thing I can say is that I know he is not cleared. That’s what I know so that report to me is false,” Montgomery said.

Hall has scored 16 goals with 20 assists in the 58 games that he’s appeared in this season with Boston.

The Bruins are back in action later tonight against the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets.