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Boston Bruins honey badger Brad Marchand will be sprung from his cage against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night, as his five-game suspension for clipping Vancouver Canucks defenseman Sami Salo ends. What did he learn from his time in exile? Repentance? Pacifism? Nay … irritation. Please recall the clip by Nick Foligno of the Ottawa Senators on Dion Phaneuf of the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, which resulted in a 2-minute minor and an eventual Phaneuf'ing with fists. Marchand saw it, too, and told Joe Haggerty of CSN Boston that it was eerily similar to his clip — save for the fact that Foligno wasn't suspended for it. From Marchand: "I saw it. It looked very similar to mine. We were on the same position on the ice. [Foligno] got him in the same area at the same time, and the puck was roughly in the same area," said Marchand. "The only difference was that Phaneuf got up and he didn't get injured. I'd be very surprised if the league doesn't l...
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