Bergy Returns to Practice; My Ideal Lineup

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Bergy Returns to Practice; My Ideal Lineup

Awesome news this morning as Patrice Bergeron was back practicing with the Bruins.

The next step is to get cleared for contact, a.k.a. one more step and he's good to go.

That happens to be the step that concussions hate the most, however, so nothing is guaranteed as of right now.

But, if everything goes well, I think we could see Patreeps in Game 2 but, if not, definitely in Game 3.

Which leads to my next point: the ideal lineup.

Lucic - Krejci - Horton

Marchmand - Bergeron - Recchi

Kelly - Peverley - Ryder

Paille - Campbell - Seguin

Look, I love Shawn Thornton. He's been one of my favorite Bruins for awhile now, but his skill set useless in the playoffs. Fights in the playoffs are like legit fans at Lightning games: few and far between.

Couple that with the fact that Seguin made a grown man shit his pants on the ice on Saturday with that Dangle Fest and I think Seguin deserves at least one more game. He was arguably the best player for either team in Game 1.

So sit Shawno, plug in Seguin, and for 5 minutes a game, you have a viable scoring option.

I know some of you are saying, "Seguin sucks defensively."

That is true, but he also is coming from the OHL where hitting was always optional.

Optional Hitting League...just came up with that...l like it.

But my point is, the opportunity cost of Seguin's potential offense and possible shitty defense outweighs Shawno's solid defense and lack of production.

There's some freakonomics for your ass.