Tampa Bay media ran some predictable headlines after Bruins-Lightning
Marchand's response on Twitter was equally predictable.
After the Lightning eliminated the Bruins from the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Sunday, Tampa Bay media arrived at an inevitable conclusion.
Brad Marchand’s habit of licking opposing players drew a plenty of attention during the course of the Lightning’s 4-1 series win, so naturally the postgame headlines referenced it.
The Tampa Bay Times’ sports section went with, “Can’t be licked,” while columnist Tom Jones fashioned the headline, “What Tampa Bay proved by Licking Boston.”
Sneak peek of tomorrow’s @TB_Times front page and @TBTimes_Sports section. #GoBolts pic.twitter.com/yBT1MIFH8Q
— Paul Driscoll (@ThePaulDriscoll) May 7, 2018
The back page of tbt*, a free daily newspaper in Tampa Bay, also cited the Marchand subplot:
Hey @bmarch63, lick this. #GoBolts #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/0kdKpkAvwB
— tbt* (@tbtnewspaper) May 7, 2018
Of course, Tampa Bay wasn’t the only side of the Boston-Tampa Bay matchup to reference licking:
Today’s front page – Monday, May 7, 2018https://t.co/8cXBzM4ClZ pic.twitter.com/5GdGWF9Byg
— Boston Herald (@bostonherald) May 7, 2018
Marchand, for his part, seemed to take it in stride with a Monday tweet:
https://twitter.com/Bmarch63/status/993508815537692672
