Bruins trade Thornton

[LeftWideOpen]

.....stupid. the bruins are terrible right now but trading your captain isnt exactly the best way to right the ship.

[Dirty Ernie]

i don't think the bruins made out to bad in this trade, and it seemed like they needed to shake things up

[hockey0001]

A lot of loyalty the bruins showed to to their franchise player. Sign him for 3 years and then trade him a quarter of the way into the season. Terrible trade by them.

[apoemtothedead]

:D oh yeah

[crit]

holy shit is this true? time to run to espn.com and find out what the hell i missed!

[weezer182]

the number 1 and 2 picks in 97 are now on the sharks. hopefully thorton will bring a lift to the sharks

[crit]

holy shit. as a big fan of the team, i hate watching the b's struggle like this, but this is not the right move.

[weezer182]

:D oh yeah have you been to any games this year?

[apoemtothedead]

have you been to any games this year?
I have season tickets. So yes.

[NetNerdsRevenge]

who did they get in return?

[apoemtothedead]

who did they get in return?
sturm, stuart, and primeau

[weezer182]

I have season tickets. So yes.nice

[NetNerdsRevenge]

sturm, stuart, and primeau
ok, I dont know anything about hockey....what are their stats? any good? I watch the bruins games and Thorton looks pretty good to me. Dont know why they would trade their captain....?

[LeftWideOpen]

samsonov should have been the guy to go if your going to deal a big name. He wouldnt have drawn as much as interest or talent in return, but they didnt need to do something this drastic. I've always given O'Connell the benefit of the doubt, but I'm beginning to think he might not be the guy to turn things around. His hire of Sullivan looks shaky too.

[apoemtothedead]

Well. Those three guys combined had about as many points as Thornton.

[Kram41]

http://en.ccmsports.com/community/interactive/files/thornton_30sec.mpg

Sweet!

[aminorthreat55]

http://en.ccmsports.com/community/interactive/files/thornton_30sec.mpg

Sweet!
Man I wish my CCMs were that nice. Skate technology is so ridiculous these days. My 3 year old black tacks just don't cut it. Especially in foot shape. So fucking rigid.

[hockey0001]

San Jose is now set at center with Marleau and now Thornton.

[somethingyellow]

San Jose is now set at center with Marleau and now Thornton.
hopefully now the sharks can score some goals and win

[yeat182]

Jeremy Jacobs, Harry Sinden and Mike O'connell promised that when hockey returned the bruins would be a stanely cup contender, that they were going to be in the best shape to put together the best team in the league and they totally screwed it up, and their bright idea to fix it is to trade their best player and the fans favorite player? In a town with the Patriots, probably the best run franchise in all of sports, the Bruins are embarassing themselves, how they can charge people for tickets now is beyond me. If i bought season tickets i'd demand my money back. I thought i missed hockey last year, but now i'd rather go watch a high school game...

[NetNerdsRevenge]

whens the beanpot?

[LeftWideOpen]

Jeremy Jacobs, Harry Sinden and Mike O'connell promised that when hockey returned the bruins would be a stanely cup contender, that they were going to be in the best shape to put together the best team in the league and they totally screwed it up, and their bright idea to fix it is to trade their best player and the fans favorite player? In a town with the Patriots, probably the best run franchise in all of sports, the Bruins are embarassing themselves, how they can charge people for tickets now is beyond me. If i bought season tickets i'd demand my money back. I thought i missed hockey last year, but now i'd rather go watch a high school game...

boston has always been supportive of hockey but the bruins are certainly way behind the patriots, red sox, and celtics in popularity ..and trading away their biggest box office ticket is just plain stupid for the club's revenue, not to mention their talent. BU and BC are quickly gaining on the Bruins in this market and thats pretty sad to see how far the B's have fallen.

[hockey0001]

whens the beanpot?

The beanpot, or the BU invitational as i like to call it, is the first 2 mondays in february, the 6th and 13th

[hockey0001]

Jeremy Jacobs, Harry Sinden and Mike O'connell promised that when hockey returned the bruins would be a stanely cup contender, that they were going to be in the best shape to put together the best team in the league and they totally screwed it up, and their bright idea to fix it is to trade their best player and the fans favorite player? In a town with the Patriots, probably the best run franchise in all of sports, the Bruins are embarassing themselves, how they can charge people for tickets now is beyond me. If i bought season tickets i'd demand my money back. I thought i missed hockey last year, but now i'd rather go watch a high school game...

Sullivan should be the one to get rid of, not Thornton. This team has too much talent to be doing as bad as they are. They play great in spurts,but never a full game. They always have at least 1 bad period or a bad 10 minutes every game which causes them to lose. To me thats a sign of bad coaching. Sullivan cannot get the team to play hard for a full 60 minutes.

[yeat182]

boston has always been supportive of hockey but the bruins are certainly way behind the patriots, red sox, and celtics in popularity ..and trading away their biggest box office ticket is just plain stupid for the club's revenue, not to mention their talent. BU and BC are quickly gaining on the Bruins in this market and thats pretty sad to see how far the B's have fallen.

the bruins used to be the biggest team in boston, bigger than the sox are now...of course, that was 35 years ago. still, boston is one of the biggest hockey towns in the country, so there are alot of people that actually care, or at least, used to care.

[yeat182]

Sullivan should be the one to get rid of, not Thornton. This team has too much talent to be doing as bad as they are. They play great in spurts,but never a full game. They always have at least 1 bad period or a bad 10 minutes every game which causes them to lose. To me thats a sign of bad coaching. Sullivan cannot get the team to play hard for a full 60 minutes.


i wouldn't blame the coach, he doesn't have a great team at all, at least not the team he was promised. the players that they have that are very good didn't play for him, and the rest were call ups from providence and 3rd and 4th liners. they didn't land any major free agents except leech, who is probably their best defenseman based on the new rules, but he's too old. they went into the season with 3 rookies starting on defense, you can't win with that. I think O'connell should have got axed, especially before he traded away their best player for almost nothing in return. usually the bruins and the bruins management wait until the end of the season before they break your heart, now they got it out of the way early.

[richter915]

Thornton is pretty pissed at the management for doing this but some people think the coach and/or GM will be next to go.

Not too sure what Boston is thinking right now...but I had a feeling a big trade like this was gonna happen soon..

[aminorthreat55]

It's times like these when the NHL needs to adopt the MLB's 10-5 rule.

[Stereo Mike]

I'm going to watch my first Bruin's game tonight.

[hockey0001]

i wouldn't blame the coach, he doesn't have a great team at all, at least not the team he was promised. the players that they have that are very good didn't play for him, and the rest were call ups from providence and 3rd and 4th liners. they didn't land any major free agents except leech, who is probably their best defenseman based on the new rules, but he's too old. they went into the season with 3 rookies starting on defense, you can't win with that. I think O'connell should have got axed, especially before he traded away their best player for almost nothing in return. usually the bruins and the bruins management wait until the end of the season before they break your heart, now they got it out of the way early.

I only think that Sullivan should be fired because he doesnt get full effort out of the team. Theres a part of every game this year in which the Bruins decided to suck for 5-10 minutes, or even a full period or more. Theyve blown so many leads going into the third period and lost games that they had no right to lose. Unless the Bruins start playing a full 60 minutes consistently, Sullivan should be fired. O'Connel should be fired to but i dont see that happening anytime soon because of Sinden.

[yeat182]

I only think that Sullivan should be fired because he doesnt get full effort out of the team. Theres a part of every game this year in which the Bruins decided to suck for 5-10 minutes, or even a full period or more. Theyve blown so many leads going into the third period and lost games that they had no right to lose. Unless the Bruins start playing a full 60 minutes consistently, Sullivan should be fired. O'Connel should be fired to but i dont see that happening anytime soon because of Sinden.

i don't think O'connell can fire another coach, he's fired so many, it can't all be the coaches fault. i heard a stat that the bruins have had something like 18 coaches in the last 20 years or something ridiculous like that. If you have to fire a coach every year, the problem isn't coaching, its either the players or the management or both.

[LeftWideOpen]

i don't think O'connell can fire another coach, he's fired so many, it can't all be the coaches fault. i heard a stat that the bruins have had something like 18 coaches in the last 20 years or something ridiculous like that. If you have to fire a coach every year, the problem isn't coaching, its either the players or the management or both.

O'Connell is gone after this season unless the Bruins make some noise ..so hes trying to shake things up. Unfortunately, he has shit for brains and went overboard by trading one of the most talented players in the league for a couple of B talents and a checking line center. I know Stuart is a valuable defenseman, but you gotta get Marleau too if your going to trade Thornton ..not settle for Wayne Primeau.

[yeat182]

O'Connell is gone after this season unless the Bruins make some noise ..so hes trying to shake things up. Unfortunately, he has shit for brains and went overboard by trading one of the most talented players in the league for a couple of B talents and a checking line center. I know Stuart is a valuable defenseman, but you gotta get Marleau too if your going to trade Thornton ..not settle for Wayne Primeau.

i refuse to believe that this is the best deal you could have got for thornton. and what is the point of even signing him before the season if you were just going to trade him right away and get nothing back?

[hockey0001]

O'Connell is gone after this season unless the Bruins make some noise ..so hes trying to shake things up. Unfortunately, he has shit for brains and went overboard by trading one of the most talented players in the league for a couple of B talents and a checking line center. I know Stuart is a valuable defenseman, but you gotta get Marleau too if your going to trade Thornton ..not settle for Wayne Primeau.

Bruins management has always been bad. Starting from the top with the owner, Jeremy Jacobs. The bruins have let go of alot of talent because Jacobs refuses to spend money. Allison, Carter, Geurin are just some of the few that come to mind immediately.

[yeat182]

Bruins management has always been bad. Starting from the top with the owner, Jeremy Jacobs. The bruins have let go of alot of talent because Jacobs refuses to spend money. Allison, Carter, Geurin are just some of the few that come to mind immediately.

rolston, knuble, nylander, gonchar, oates, mclaren...

[jaimej]

Stupid move getting rid of Jumbo Joe.

[Kram41]

Behold my new avatar!

[hockey0001]

rolston, knuble, nylander, gonchar, oates, mclaren...

Mclaren was different, he didnt want to come back, he wanted a change of scenery since he was always getting injured here.

Dafoe is another one they let go