Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: Insane3D
I'm surprised too, but I'm glad to see him go. I think if the deal included Marleau it would have been better, but oh well. The B's are finished anyhow...
If any of you guys watched Thornton this year game in and game out...you might understand this trade. Almost every single game he coasts out there...and he has zero mean streak. I mean, with all the bad penalties the B's take this year, Thornton only has 4 minutes...
Oh well, maybe after a few years of being in the cellar, we can end of up like Ottawa did when they used to suck hardcore...
*shrug*
Oh, also, here's a comment by him that is classic...
Thornton -- now 26 -- believed he was playing the best hockey of his pro career.
''I felt like I was playing well, I was playing consistent," he said, ''but it just wasn't good enough."
Best hockey of his pro career?
:roll:
wow, still shocked by this one as i rub the sleep out of my eyes here in my cubicle.
was there any rumour of this? damn! i wonder how many times in history a captain has been traded... not many i bet. i was convinced he would be a Bruin forever for some reason. anyhoo...
from what you were saying Insand3D... maybe he wanted to be traded and is just being coy about it. it's not really his style to coast around... he's been pretty aggressive in past years. if he suddenly opens a can of whoop-ass in SJ, it will look pretty fishy!
i probably already told you guys about the time i met Thornton's brother at a party. he was a real dick he was trying to put the moves on my then-g/f .
my other Thornton connection is that a guy I used to party with back in school is one of Thornton's best buddies and stays at his Ontario home during the season. got an indirect invite to go party there but I doubt that would ever materialize.
well, shake-ups work sometimes! this is an interesting one to say the least!