Rumor: Sportsnet's Chris Johnston Thornton and Leafs have mutual interest.

[TheKingSlayer]

Sarnia and Windsor are very much red wings country as far as I know.

Sarnians cheer for whoever, a mixture of every team, really.

 

[Leaf Fans]

Sarnia and Windsor are very much red wings country as far as I know.

Windsor for sure, but there are a few Leaf fans, but Sarnia, is pretty split if there are more wings fans it would be 52-48 something like that. Admittedly, I could be out of date. I lived there for a short time when I was younger.

 

[Ciao]

Sarnia and Windsor are very much red wings country as far as I know.

I would have to think that when the Wings were flying Red Wing territory cut pretty far into Western Ontario -- maybe even East of London.

 

[cupcrazyman]

What is wrong with Kyle Dubas?

This can't be true.

Dubas trying to spend every red cent to reach the cap max.

Nothing against Joe Thorton personally.

 

[cupcrazyman]

Sarnia and Windsor are very much red wings country as far as I know.

Sarnia is Leafs Wings Habs equally

 

[Team Cozens]

Say no to slow Joe.

 

[Jeremy Hronek]

Why would anyone want to sign Joe Thornton? He is so bad now, if it wasn't for his past talent he would struggle to secure an AHL job.

 

[joe dirte]

Sarnians cheer for whoever, a mixture of every team, really.

Dirty traitors.

 

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

Nah don't worry Leafs fans Thornton won't sign with TO.

It's your stupid media spewing nonsense for ratings and clickbait.

Remember, they also said Gallagher was as good as gone, and within 12 hours he got extended instead.

I wouldn't worry.

Then again it's Dubas so...

 

[Coachcorner]

I mean like, TSN is all over it now too. They got two articles how is the fit for Joey T on Toronto and all. I gots to be loving life right now sire This that real hard dirt. We in this for life now. They building it like during the great Pat Quinn era and days. We've got tucker domi corson roberts mogilny sundin neauwendyk, owen nolan, belak, mccabe kaberle eddie belfour Pat Quinn on the same freakin team mayne That's hard. And we went into the conference finals then. VETS are the one you gots to build on. Combine them with killer youngsters that got the speed and deadly scoring talent & power. Can't go wrong. And now we got simmonds and bogosian too for thuggin. Its just really bizarro seeing this builded like during the Quinn days like I already said. I love it.

 

[Cotton]

Nah don't worry Leafs fans Thornton won't sign with TO.

It's your stupid media spewing nonsense for ratings and clickbait.

Remember, they also said Gallagher was as good as gone, and within 12 hours he got extended instead.

I wouldn't worry.

Then again it's Dubas so...

Actually, our stupid media gets the clicks from the stupid fans of other teams who obsess about us. It’s kinda funny.

Meanwhile, your stupid media gets no click because nobody gives a shit, in French or English.

 

[ponder]

I’d be down, as long as we can fit him under the cap. Would give us a lineup something like:

Hyman - Matthews - Marner
Mikheyev - Tavares - Nylander
Kerfoot - Thornton - Simmonds
Robertson - Spezza - Barbanov

Yeah, the 3rd line is slow, but it’s got the potential to be decent. Better than Vesey/Kerfoot/Simmonds IMO.

 

[Red Piller]

Ontario is a massive province. That’s hometown. Also Leafs fans are not just from Toronto. Ontario and Canada is a huge area. Take a look at a map one day and you’ll realize this.

I live near where he is from. An entire province actually is NOT hometown. Hometown means where you were born. If i was born in Thunder Bay my hometown is Thunder Bay Ontario, not Toronto. Take a look at a map sometime indeed.

 

[Red Piller]

That is still very much leaf country.

Thats great and everything but that still doesnt mean he was born in Toronto, which is what is being implied.

 

[HolyCrap]

I live near where he is from. An entire province actually is NOT hometown. Hometown means where you were born. If i was born in Thunder Bay my hometown is Thunder Bay Ontario, not Toronto. Take a look at a map sometime indeed.

Lol.

 

[jcs0218]

I wonder if Kyle Dubas has his Excel spreadsheet open, the one that has all his analytic stats, and it is on the 2010 page by accident?

He might be looking at the 2010 Excel spreadsheet page and getting all giddy to himself, thinking to himself "How is this Joe Thornton guy still available as a free agent? We can and we will make this happen".

 

[Langdon Alger]

This is always a dead giveaway for someone that knows f***all about hockey. It’s the same people that yell shoot on a power play and whooo when make some noise comes on the Jumbotron.

Thornton is a playoff warrior. The choker bit was bullshit started in Boston media when he played with broken sternum and that asshat DuPont got butthurt Joe dodged his inane questions after Game 7 loss.

Settle down there tough guy.

 

[Red Piller]

Lol.

Wow what a rebuttal. So you lose then is what youre saying

 

[jcs0218]

LOL Joe Thornton isnt from Toronto. He is from St Thomas which is 2 and a half hours west.

St. Thomas is closer to Detroit than it is to Toronto.

A lot of people born and raised in southwestern Ontario grow up to be Red Wings fans, rather than Maple Leafs fans.

 

[HolyCrap]

Wow what a rebuttal. So you lose then is what youre saying

Nope. You clearly don’t grasp in what they mean with hometown. Like other posters have explained to you. Move on.

 

[Red Piller]

Nope. You clearly don’t grasp in what they mean with hometown. Like other posters have explained to you. Move on.

home·town
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noun

1. the town of one's birth or early life or of one's present fixed residence.

Hes not from Toronto. Doesnt matter if there are f***in Leaf fans in this area. What does that have to do with anything? I get it. You want to own every single player that was born in Ontario....."hes coming home" lol....ok

 

[Red Piller]

St. Thomas is closer to Detroit than it is to Toronto.

A lot of people born and raised in southwestern Ontario grow up to be Red Wings fans, rather than Maple Leafs fans.

For sure. Does Detroit media say people who sign there that are from Windsor on down the 401 corridor say "this guy is coming home"? Of course not because its a ridiculous thing to say

 

[A1LeafNation]

St. Thomas is closer to Detroit than it is to Toronto.

A lot of people born and raised in southwestern Ontario grow up to be Red Wings fans, rather than Maple Leafs fans.

For sure. Does Detroit media say people who sign there that are from Windsor on down the 401 corridor say "this guy is coming home"? Of course not because its a ridiculous thing to say

FYI Oilers and Leafs were Thornton's favourite team growing up.

 

[colchar]

St. Thomas is closer to Detroit than it is to Toronto.

And by a fair bit too.

 

[jcs0218]

FYI Oilers and Leafs were Thornton's favourite team growing up.

This article says his favourite team was the Red Wings and his favourite player was Steve Yzerman (and that is why he wears #19).

Sharks' Thornton explains why passing Yzerman is extra special