Posted in Transactions July 2nd, 2007
Bruins sign cheap Thornton knock-off
For those of you reading the headlines yesterday and thought the Bruins re-acquired Joe Thornton, you were wrong…the Sharks already re-upped him on Sunday. What the Bruins DID do though, is sign tough guy (and former Canadien) Scott Thornton.
Heck, if they’re going to start signing cheap knockoffs, Colton Orr, Rene Bourque and Sergei Fedotov might still be available…
(Correction: Thanks to Russ at The Bruins Report (COUGHCOUGHnew podcast available) for reporting that it should be SHAWN Thornton…not Scott…who the Bruins picked up. I was duped by ESPN.com who has SCOTT Thornton listed as the acquisition on their Free Agent tracker. Apparently, even *they* can’t get their knockoffs straight. )
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4 Comments on this post
Posted by Russ July 2nd, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Um, that’d be SHAWN Thornton, formerly of the Ducks (and also the Blackhawks). Not Scott, Joe’s cousin.
Posted by Doobie July 2nd, 2007 at 2:03 pm
What the…d’oh! Friggin’ ESPN.com! They’ve got Scott listed on their “Free Agent Tracker”!
Posted by Russ July 2nd, 2007 at 4:53 pm
There’s your mistake - trusting ESPN for anything NHL related
Posted by bruinsfan94 July 11th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
rene bourque is good, but I know what you mean