Nathan Horton may have benefited from his five-game layoff due to what was believed to be a wrist injury. He returned to action for Game 1 against Toronto looking refreshed and was very effective scoring a goal, administering three hits and taking three shots on Leaf netminder James Reimer. Boston coach Calude Julien even admitted that the rest may have helped Horton. "I thought he was coming along pretty well," Julien said. "When he got hurt, I thought he was coming along, I liked his game. But at the same time, maybe the rest did help. But he was a good player down the stretch. Had he kept going, I think we would've seen a good player to finish the season off." Anyway you look at it, Horton seems to be poised for a big post-season. Keep that in mind when setting your playoff pool rosters.