Confirmed Signing with Link: [FLA] Joe Thornton signs with the Panthers (1 year, $750k)
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Ryuji Yamazaki
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I bet you made the same prediction last year
Can you get some friends.
You went to the finals and got destroyed. Good for you. The Panthers put up a better fight.
BruinsFan37
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And play golf in April.Doing what a lot of wealthy retired / semi-retired people do...... move to Florida.
ottomaddox
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When Keefe announced that Thornton would play on the top line it sent most of us Leaf fans for a spin. I think most of us had him on the 3rd or 4th line.
FLA fans, what's your feeling on this?
FLA fans, what's your feeling on this?
violaswallet
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Certainly not top two lines: they’re set with Verhaege-Barky-Reinhart
Huberdeau-Bennett-Duke/Tippett
I’m not sure if he’ll be an everyday player. I see him trading off 3C with Lundell and potentially playing 3LW…
Dread Clawz
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Yeah I think he only plays 40-60 games(if Q is smart), at 3lw or possibly 3c. Though Lundell looks primed for the 3c role and it is really his to lose. I think they brought him in to teach Lundell how to be an nhl center. He might play pp2, but he won't sniff pp1.
ottomaddox
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This is an absolute carbon copy of what was said last season.
It makes sense to me, but then someone will mention his 1680 NHL games...
Exactly, by the way 42-44 old Yagr played for Florida also,
Panters think Jumbo is second Yagr for them??
His stats in Florida
42 - 20 gp 6g + 12a - 0,9 ppg
43 - 79 gp 27g + 39a - near ppg
44 - 82 gp 16g + 30a - 0,5ppg
Look at so different approach vs Yagr
- To recognize limits & play for the own club
Jagr feels obligated to keep playing for Kladno nearing age 50: report
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Dr Beinfest
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This is all really silly. Obviously they do not think he is “the second coming of Jagr.” They paid a lot for Jagr. They paid nothing for Joe. The only parallel is that they brought in an icon/hero that the players are probably happy to meet or whatever.
Also, you’re making Jagr’s decision to keep playing sound heroic or some shit. He literally suggests a divine justification for playing, you’ve got to be kidding me.
Thornton is totally shot and has never won anything in his career. I hate to rag on the guy but he’s not NHL calibre anymore and I’m not sold on him being a mentor. He’s just hopping around on teams that can’t win in the playoffs.
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Mogo
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Why would we care what Keefe did?
If your referring to Q vs Keefe decisions. I think Q has a bit of a edge
Mogo
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Jagr was brought in mostly to mentor Huby and Barkov and boy did that work. Both have credited Jagr with them taking huge step in there careers
Awkward but Florida is a fitting last stop for a greying Canadian with dough
ottomaddox
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Why would we care what Keefe did?
If your referring to Q vs Keefe decisions. I think Q has a bit of a edge
So what is Joe doing there then?
Bench warmer?
Experimental beard stopping back-up goalie?
8 min. a night staged fighting pro?
He's going to play, and he's going to be allowed some significant part.
35% of Thornton’s TOI last season was with Marner and Matthews, and an additional 10% was with one of those two, and Tavares. Florida is not Toronto. He won’t get top six minutes. He will be an occasional 3rd line C/LW substitute, and bring more leadership to the locker room.
ottomaddox
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No. You don't know that. It seemed so logical to TOR fans. It seemed like their top 6 was set. Not the case at all. Keefe put Jumbo on AM and MM's line from the get go.
My point is that your comments are identical to the offseason conversations Leaf fans were having. It seems so logical to have Jumbo down in the line up, but...
And? The comments might seem the same, but that doesn’t mean the outcome will be as well. Q isn’t Keefe. He will juggle lines during certain in-game situations, but outside of that, Thornton will have nowhere near the same TOI percentages like he did in Toronto.
Verhaeghe - Barkov
Huberdeau - Bennett
Thornton is not going to break up either tandem. Regardless of what Toronto fans thought last season.
kevsh
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See my post above.
That "looseness" did absolutely nothing for the Leafs. They didn't need a veteran transparently trying to convince them to ignore the incredible pressure and "have fun", they likely needed the opposite of that.
And even if you think that was the right approach, the team didn't listen; They looked anything like they were having fun in game 7, they were paralyzed from anxiety and fear.
Good luck to him in Florida but I doubt he brings anything they need on or off the ice.
Dread Clawz
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And why is it outside the realm of possibility that Florida learned from Toronto's mistakes? He obviously can't play premium minutes and keep up with the best skaters on the opposing team anymore. So why would Q, a veteran sc winning coach, try it?
Bob won a playoff series, once. Is Thornton the only other Panthers player to get past the first round?
Dread Clawz
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Gudas, Montour, Verhaeghe, Acciari, Nutivaara. Hornqvist has 2 Cups. Verhaeghe one.
