Fair or not, Brad Marchand has a reputation for playing near — and sometimes over — the line of what’s considered “clean” hockey.
And the Boston Bruins left winger apparently is well aware of this criticism.
Marchand on Thursday tweeted a photo of an Xbox One controller along with the caption, “Anyone want to play some ‘NHL?’ ” Except the button scheme on Marchand’s controller doesn’t include actions such as stick lift, saucer pass or snapshot.
Check this out:
Well played, Brad.
While these types of controls obviously don’t exist in EA Sports’ long-running franchise, they more or less were present in the now-extinct “NHL Hitz” series, which we assume Marchand was a big fan of.
Thankfully for Marchand and his fellow gamers, the NHL’s controversial faceoff crackdown hasn’t made its way into “NHL 18” … yet.
Thumbnail photo via Brian Fluharty/USA TODAY Sports Images
