Horton cleared for contact, expected to be ready for camp

Jul 24, 2012, 1:30 PM EDT

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Nathan Horton has been cleared for contact by Bruins medical staff, Boston GM Peter Chiarelli said today.

Chiarelli passed along the good news at a press conference for head coach Claude Julien, the recent recipient of a multi-year contract extension.

It’s expected Horton will be ready for training camp. The 27-year-old winger missed the last 36 games of the regular season and the entire playoffs with his second concussion in less than a year.

A healthy Horton reduces the need for Chiarelli to go out and acquire a top-six forward.

The question now is whether Horton can remain healthy.

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lostpuppysyndrome - Jul 24, 2012 at 1:46 PM

Booooo Bruins, yay Horton!
sjsharks66 - Jul 24, 2012 at 2:05 PM

Great news! I missed watching Horton play last year.
capesouth - Jul 24, 2012 at 2:13 PM

Lucic is more effective with Horton there…so this is great in more ways than one.
kpickup - Jul 24, 2012 at 2:16 PM

As a Caps fan, I dislike Boston. But it’s always good to hear about a player recovering, no matter the team!
- ltcpain75 - Jul 24, 2012 at 2:37 PM
  
  Your second sentence would have stood up better without the first one.
amerika1313 - Jul 24, 2012 at 3:31 PM

Great news. Welcome back, Horty.
habsman - Jul 24, 2012 at 7:21 PM

A cheap shot sucker puncher who got what he deserved. Don’t feel sorry for him.
- fitzy187 - Jul 25, 2012 at 12:14 AM
  
  Id love to cheap shot you with a sucker punch!!
  - habsman - Jul 25, 2012 at 10:55 AM
    
    Typical Bruin fan.
    
    How is Carl Crawford doing these days? Any more racial taunts from the Boston Faithful?
- lordstanley65 - Jul 25, 2012 at 10:19 AM
  
  Montreal sucks. So do your comments.
- homelanddefense - Jul 25, 2012 at 11:30 AM
  
  when I saw the title of the article I knew there would be a lame “cheapshot” comment from Habsman.
  
  Hard to attack the morals of a player and a city when you are celebrating a serious injury.
pastabelly - Jul 24, 2012 at 8:05 PM

This could be his final year in Boston. But I’ll always be a Horton fan. Agree that he compliments both Lucic and Krejci well on that line.
arbruins - Jul 25, 2012 at 12:16 PM

Habswoman is the cheap shot artist of cheap shot artists!