Comments on: Scorers who got rich thanks to Joe Thornton

By: mianfr

mianfr — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:57:12 +0000

How is his Hall of Fame candidacy up for debate? Yes, he hasn’t won Championships, but he’s an obvious Hall of Fame player.

I mean, if Ray Bourque got traded to the team he wanted to be traded to, he has no rings.

In some ways it’s harder to get a ring if you’re an elite player still mostly in your prime… Yes you are a major part of ideally a good team, but you also don’t get to move as much as less important pieces (and I know he was traded once, but still, it’s only two teams and long stretches with both; he’s not Hossa-ing it). Jerome Iginla, the Sedin twins, Ryan Nash, Henrik Lundqvist… There are a lot of high profile people who are not going anyway who need other people to step more than they need to do more.

By: James O'Brien

James O'Brien — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 05:23:01 +0000

PHT’s had a pretty steady track record of arguing against the “Thornton’s a choker” talk.

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/22/has-joe-thornton-really-ever-been-a-choker-since-he-came-to-san-jose/

By: sharksfan754

sharksfan754 — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 05:18:52 +0000

He is more than a point per game player. And his last two years in the playoffs he’s had 29 points in 33 games ( I think one of the two new vancouver writers said this earlier today as well). Far from a no show. People who still hate on him during the playoffs are out of line.