a 4. sorról egy rövidke írás. Ez nagyon tetszik: "Merlot Line"

Peter Chiarelli has still handed out big contracts to key players like Zdeno Chara, Patrice Bergeron and Tim Thomas, but he's also left a little extra for the end of his bench as well. For the second straight season, the Bruins will enter the year with a fourth line combining for cap hits just under $3 million.

That's a steep price to pay for role players, but this past year proved that it has been a wise investment. Gregory Campbell ($1.1 million cap hit), Shawn Thornton ($812,500) and Daniel Paille ($1.075 million) may have cost the Bruins a little more than most teams' fourth lines, but they've also brought a lot more to table.

In fact, that trio just may be the best fourth line in the NHL right now. It's hard to argue against what Thornton dubbed the "Merlot Line" in honor of their wine-colored practice jerseys. The threesome combined for 29-33-62 totals, a plus-22 rating and 284 hits last year in the regular season, and that was with Paille playing just 43 games. If Brad Marchand's numbers, prior to his move up to the second line in January, are included, the unit's totals jump to 35-41-76, plus-30 and 324 hits.