Brandon Prust is a lot of things. He is a fourth-liner with a lot of skill, at least relative to his role. He is a penalty-killer. He is a fighter. More than ever with the Montreal Canadiens, he’s an agitator willing to occasionally live in the gray area between pest and dirty player.
But is he a liar?
According to NHL Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell, that seems to be the case.
The NHL fined Prust $5,000 on Tuesday after he said some unflattering words about referee Brad Watson following Montreal’s 6-2 Game 2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning two days prior. The reason for the fine, according to Campbell, is because Prust’s words were “baseless” and “demeaning.”
What did Prust say? After his penalty-filled night that featured him throwing an elbow pad at the Lightning bench, he relayed his interpretation of the conversation with Watson to reporters:
I thought the original call was kind of soft, and I let [Watson] know on the way to the penalty box. He kept provoking me. He came to the box and call ...
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Were Controversial Comments from Canadiens’ Brandon Prust Truly ‘Baseless’?
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