Fresh Links: Distraction

The Bruins face the Blue Jackets in Columbus tonight for Game #4 with an opportunity to even up their second round series. Tune in at 7:30PM on NBCSN.

• Brad Marchand in the spotlight? Not again! @PuckBuddys
• The Bettman reports that the NHL Department of Player Safety has warned Brad Marchand over what Marchand called a response to Jake DeBrusk receiving jabs at netfront. TSN
• The kerfuffle marks a turnaround from the reporting on how well-behaved he had been. Even Bruce Cassidy will be wagging his finger. NHL
• Looking at the incident, what sort of shenanigans rise to the level of supplemental discipline in the playoffs? The Hockey News
• Maybe a well-rested David Backes can dig deep and be a difference maker in Game #4. Boston Herald
• Brandon Carlo has faith- the Bruins will get past Sergei Bobrovsky. NHL
• Look to see Anton Blidh back in Black & Gold next season, and the one after that. 985 The Sports Hub
• The PBruins were eliminated from the Calder Cup playoffs. Here’s one last assessment of the final week of their season. Rinkside Rhode Island
• And that’s all she wrote for the Providence Bruins this season. Take a look back at the season that was. Bruins Daily

Elsewhere around the rink:

• In other Stanley Cup Playoff series: A bunch of jerks Hurricanes and their backup goaltender are now poised to sweep the Islanders after winning last night 5-2. NHL The Dallas Stars rallied to beat the Blues 4-2, evening their series at two games apiece. NHL
• Todd Ewen’s widow, Kelli Ewen, will have her day in court over the NHL’s strategy of professed ingnorance regarding the long-term damage of brain trauma, even as the league reaped profits from a “culture of violence.” (With video) TSN
• Ewen’s story is a heartbreaking case in point. The Atlantic