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Originally Posted by Cali Flames Fan
I didn't make the list, just responded to it. Fact is, Thornton was traded when there was speculation about his "lack of heart" in the playoffs when he was playing poorly with cracked ribs. He was traded pretty soon after that, and he's never done very well in the playoffs since. Boston was probably evaluating him correctly at the time. He just doesn't have an extra gear in crunch time.
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Not this tripe again.
Thornton has 82 points in 97 playoff games in San Jose since 2006. He is also probably the single biggest reason why they played that many games in the first place.
I wish anybody on the Flames sucked in the post-season as much as Thornton has.