Nathan Horton will return to health and form

By Chad Finn Boston.com Staff

We don’t need another caveat here presuming that the NHL itself returns to health and form, too, right? OK, good. Maybe this one is closer to optimistic thinking than an actual prediction, but here’s hoping Horton, so clutch during the Bruins’ Stanley Cup run in 2010-11, can stay healthy after missing 34 games plus the playoffs last year after suffering another concussion and dealing with the afteraffects.

His agent said in November he’s good to go. Let’s hope it’s true, for good-guy Horton’s sake, and for the Bruins’, too.