While the revelers who packed the TD Garden for the Bruins' redemptive sweep over the Flyers went home happy after the win clinched a berth Eastern Conference finals, they woke up to a reality check delivered by general manager Peter Chiarelli: Patrice Bergeron suffered a concussion in the third period on a hit from Flyers forward Claude Giroux. Bergeron has two prior concussions, one of which benched him for the entire 2007-08 season.
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In an ideal world, NHL league disciplinarian Colin Campbell would take a look at the video of Penguin Matt Cooke hitting Bruin Marc Savard on Sunday and acknowledge that such a hit - one that resulted in a Grade 2 concussion and an unclear timeframe for the Bruins playmaker - was one that warranted a suspension. In an ideal world, one of the four officials on the ice would be looking at the part of the ice from whence a puck was just barely fired. In that ideal world, the Bruins wouldn't have to be taking a look at the roster to figure out who they're going to brutalize go after for retaliation when the Penguins make their way to the Garden on March 18.
Ulf Samuelsson. Bill Laimbeer. Bernard Pollard. And now, Matt Cooke?
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