The Boston Bruins may have found their new “Merlot” line. Even if the sentimental connection between the fans and the line isn’t there, it’s hard to argue the success that the Bruins’ fourth line has found as of late in terms of hits, offensive-zone time, and energy generated with each of their shifts.
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Claude Julien told reporters that he sees shades of the Bruins “Merlot” line in his current fourth line. “To me, that fourth line reminded me a lot of our fourth line of the past there, when Piesy (Daniel Paille) and Soupy (Gregory Campbell) and Thorny (Shawn Thornton) were doing the same thing here,” he added to that by saying “They had a lot of scoring chances.