BOSTON -- Despite overwhelming evidence to the fact that Boston is not near the same team without Patrice Bergeron, the Bruins insist that they will not rush back their No. 2 Center, who suffered a concussion nine days ago.

Bergeron skated Sunday by himself, doing drills with strength and conditioning coach John Whitesides -- for 20 or so minutes Saturday. It's the second-straight day the center has been on the ice and just the latest sign that he is making progress as he tries to come back from the third concussion of his career. cheap jerseys from china
Yet the Bruins insist that that progress will not hasten his return, even with the team down a game in the best-of-7 Eastern Conference Finals to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Game 2 is here at the TD Garden Tuesday night. nfl jerseys from china

"If he's not one hundred percent he will never play," Claude Julien said Sunday. "Whether it's regular season or playoffs, our organization, even before they tightened up the rules on that, there is no way we would ever do that to a player.

"It is too important to his personal lifestyle and the life he is going to lead after hockey that that will always come before the game. And it's unfortunate, but that's the way it should be. We believe in that and we are going to continue to enforce it. So the day you see Bergy back in our line-up, he will be one hundred percent. If he's not you're not going to see him." jerseys from china

That is also the message Bergeron is getting from players he speaks to as he tries to fight his way back to health.

"Obviously he is going to want to be back next game and do everything he can to do that, but even though as bad as he wants to come back he knows he can't just throw himself out there because he won't help us and he's not going to help himself," linemate Brad Marchand said. "Definitely, we want him back as soon as possible. He's such a key part of the team. You're always worried about a guy's health when a situation like this arises; but, the way he is, the way he is looking and the way he talks, he would know when to not comeback and when to come back. By no means is he going to rush himself in this situation."