 While playing for Rosetown , Bentley attended a tryout camp for the Boston Bruins . Believing him too small to play in the NHL , the Bruins sent him home . He then traveled to Montreal for a tryout with the Canadiens . The team advised him to see a doctor who stated he had a heart condition , and that if he did not quit hockey , he would be dead within a year . Bentley chose to continue playing , but developed into a hypochondriac following the diagnosis . He constantly complained of aches , pains and ailments , and carried so many drugs and medications he was known as a " walking drug store " . 
