With his team on the verge of collapsing and losing a first-round series it once led 3-1 for the second consecutive season, Boston Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery called out superstar forward David Pastrnak on Thursday, May 2.
Montgomery compared Bruins captain Brad Marchand‘s efforts to those of Pastrnak, praising the former while warning the latter about him having to “step up” for the crucial Game 7 against the Toronto Maple Leafs scheduled for May 4.
Media members asked Montgomery about Pastrnak’s reaction to his comments and how he had taken such criticism coming straight out of him on Friday, with the Bruins back in Boston ahead of Game 7
I talked to him right after the game about it. I talked to him about it during the game,” Montgomery told reporters on May 3, via Boston Globe’s Conor Ryan. “Pasta and I have a real healthy, communicative relationship, and he’s ready to go.”
Although Montgomery’s clarification should remove all potential drama ahead of Game 7, the truth is Boston will need to stave elimination off on Saturday if they want to really move on from any further damaging aftermath.
should remove all potential drama ahead of Game 7, the truth is Boston will need to stave elimination off on Saturday if they want to really move on from any further damaging aftermath.
