Marchand, Eriksson and, Yes, Bergeron
We’ll finally get a look at the second half of the Bruins 1,
2, punch for this upcoming season. With
center Patrice Bergeron making the trip to Detroit to fit between Brad Marchand
and Loui Eriksson the follow up line to Milan Lucic, David Krejci and new
acquisition Jarome Iginla will show us what kind of chemistry they have already
built up, if any. Krejc,
Luc and Iggy have already shown they can work well together with Iggy putting up
two against Montreal. The line combined for
6 points total, 3 goals, Krejci getting the third with Lucic assisting on all
3. Hopefully Bergeron’s smart 2-way play
will help create some opportunities for Marshy and new addition Eriksson.
Coach Claude Julien hopes that the return of Bergeron to
that second unit will help calm down the excitable Marchand who Julien felt was
trying to do too much when they made the trip to Baltimore to play the
Capitals.
Bergeron is coming off some horrific injuries he sustained
through the 2013 playoffs. The laundry
list of problems sent Bergeron from the ice after the disappointing loss in
game six of the Stanley Cup Finals right to the hospital where he spent three
days. Suffering from torn rib cartilage,
a broken rib, a separated right shoulder and a punctured left lung he amazingly
played through to the end. With all
those ailments the Bruins Faithful were not expected to see Patrice until the
start of the regular season this year so the fact that he is to be in the
lineup tonight in Detroit is a very welcoming sign.
The B’s were beaten up by the Wings just a few days ago
8-2. While both teams will be sporting different
rosters it would be a good sign to see the boys correct some of the mistakes
made during Wednesday’s drubbing and I’m sure the added leadership of multi-year
Selke Trophy finalist Bergeron will do nothing but help.