Shawn Thornton: Heart and Grit Are Not Enough
With the disappointing end to the Bruins season, the yearly team restructuring is about to begin. While the Bruins have a strong core group of players that they are not…
Shawn Thornton
Five Soon-To-Be Former Boston Bruins: The Playoff Aftermath
After being knocked out of the playoffs by their archrivals, Peter Chiarelli and the Boston Bruins will need to re-group and begin preparations for the 2014-2015 season. Despite winning the…
The Future of Suspensions: Implementing By-Law 17
The 2013-2014 NHL season, just as the seasons before it, has included its fair share of suspensions. This season has racked up 24 total suspensions thus far, adding up to…
NHL’s Disciplinary Team Nothing More Than a Bad Knock-Knock Joke
Knock, knock? Who’s there? Brendan Shanahan, Gary Bettman, and the rest of the NHL executives who hand out suspensions and fines in the name of player safety. Sounds like the…
The NHL’s Stretcher Era: Where Does it End?
The stretcher. You know, that thing paramedics use to transport injured people? Hopefully you’ve never needed one. Hopefully you never will. Yet increasingly, more NHL players are. And season after…
VIDEO: Does Fighting Belong in Hockey? Have your say!
If there was no fighting in the NHL, there would have been no way or reason for Brooks Orpik to answer for his clean hit, and thus Shawn Thornton would…
Hockey News: Thornton Considers Appeal; Penguins Injury Woes
Milan Lucic gets into a bar fight and pulls the “do you know who I am” card. [Puck Daddy] Shawn Thornton is thinking about appealing his 15-game suspension for the…
Bruins Fans, Your Logic is Flawed
The league finally made a decision on Shawn Thornton and his abhorrent attack on Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik. Brendan Shanahan has decided to suspend the Bruins toughman for 15…
Hockey News: Flames Fire Feaster; Thornton Suspension Looming
Breaking news: The Calgary Flames have relived Jay Feaster of his duties as General Manager. [Flames.com] We present to you Martin Jones, another product of the Los Angeles Kings goalie…
The NHL’s Suspension System Is Broken
The NHL’s discipline system has been an abject failure with respect to intentional hits or blows to the head and their consequent punishment. I’ll be frank: Suspension lengths are far…
Settling the Debate: Thornton Hit Worse Than Neal Knee
The Shawn Thornton hit was much worse than the James Neal knee to Brad Marchand’s head. There isn’t a debate here people. Just because you love to bash the Pittsburgh…
The Character Assassination of Brooks Orpik
“Boston’s Thornton chasing down Pittsburgh’s Orpik, a noted instigator who wouldn’t fight this time, and after Orpik had fallen to the ice, pummelling him with two solid punches. Just revolting.…