Joe Thornton
If you're looking for a fluffy "Gee, how great is Jumbo Joe!" piece then you're reading the wrong blog. I never particularly liked Joe Thornton in the first place but this past playoff series cemented the fact the I will probably never like him.
I despise players who dive. I hate diving with the fire of a thousand suns. Of course, we all remember the Game Five swan dive that Joe took after receiving a light tap on the skate by Johan Franzen. But just in case you didn't see it, watch below:
A light tap on the skate and the jackhole falls like he was just shot by a sniper in the rafters? Oh please. Shall we tattoo "FRAGILE" on his forehead? As the captain of the team, you would expect that he would act with some sort of dignity but NO. That's apparently not how Joe operates. He also had issues with snowing Jimmy Howard. For those of you not familiar with the term (how are you not familiar?), it's when you stop and turn your skate so that ice/slush/water sprays the goalie in the face. It's a completely disrespectful, low thing to do to try and get under a goalie's skin.
You would never see Nicklas Lidstrom dive on a person like that. You also would never see Nick disrespect another team's goalie by snowing them like Joe did to Jimmy Howard. If that's the leadership in that organization, then maybe that's the answer to why they have yet to win the Stanley Cup or even a conference championship. I'm not saying that Joe is the sole reason why they haven't won, but it all starts with leadership.
So, Joe dons the "C" and sports the number 19?
Well Joe, This is what a real captain that wore 19 looked like. Take notes.
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