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The Czech Condor
This is the ever so common post Getting Owned In a Trade Disease. I too have convinced myself that the Bruins didn't lose out so badly on the Thornton trade. You, like me, need help.
Why would I need help? If you still deny that Thornton wasn't a bad trade considering what he has given in terms of play to San Jose, then you'd have to be blind. There is nothing of the sort here. He has given the Kings nothing in terms of yield to this point. Nothing at all. Why is that so hard for everybody to understand?
In the real world trades are evaluated based on what happens in the NHL, not what happens at the NCAA level or Major Junior or anywhere else. In the real world, winning the cup takes precident over winning "best prospect pool" as voted by HF boards.
If you want to argue that the Kings won this trade based on what Oleg Tverdovsky has contributed vs. Tim Gleason and Eric Belanger, that would be more palatable than discussing what we're discussing right now.