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Boston Bruins' Brad Marchand, front, keeps the puck from St. Louis Blues' Ryan O'Reilly. Winnipeg Jets captain Blake Wheeler has nothing but respect for the Bruins' super-pest: "(Marchand) is a great player, he plays extremely hard and he's always hard on the puck."
Blake Wheeler and Brad Marchand go way back and remain ardent members of the mutual admiration society.
The NHL stars took different paths but eventually broke into the league with Boston a decade ago, although Wheeler's tenure with the Bruins was relatively short.