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Originally Posted by PlayfulGenius
I agree, Thornton is a Beast... People that harp on his lack of effort in the playoffs simply are NOT watching the game... This is at least 4 playoffs in a row where he has been very dominant...likely more.
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Hate to have to bring some rational reasoning to the parade but with Thorton as the leader and some great supporting cast.... Marleau, Pavelski, Boyle, Heatley, Burns, Vlasic, Clowe, Setegouchi over the last 5 years the Sharks-led have won a total 6 play-off series.
When they have made it to the conference final they were spanked 4-0 by Chicago and 4-1 by Vancouver.
Last year the Sharks put up little fight against the Blues (4-1) who had virtually no playoff experience and showed it getting swept in their next series by LA.
Hard to say that Thorton was a dominate player in that series.