His job is to beat the shit out of people. So they only use him when there's some ****** on the ice.
...and occasionally they miss some when they are playing out of Conference, or even the division.
And not to put too fine of a point on things...
Mr Thornton looks to be your type of player Joe:
In 2009-10 in his highly skilled 74 games dressed he scored
1 goal and
9 assists to put himself 10 points ahead of you in the NHL scoring standings.
This season he is having a career year with 9 goals and 9 assists ...
and the entire board knows what you think of guys wearing Red Black and white that put up those hefty numbers ....
so why exactly is it any different when it is another team's guy?
You know through last season this clown Thornton had 40 career points- adding in this season's 18 - gives him 58 career points... (including a whopping 1 goal in 18 games over 2 seasons as a Blackhawk...) and puts him- let's see..
2799 points back of Wayne Gretzky.
on the other hand Thornton also has ... 54 points more than Brent Gretzky...