bigwillie
Registered User
I've said it once before and I'll say it again:
If Doug Wilson had pulled the trigger on the deal for Chris Pronger (Michalek/Bernier, Carle, 1st) when he was asking out of Edmonton, the San Jose Sharks would have at least one Cup. He was the missing piece. A truly elite, truly #1 defenseman.
There are other reasons they failed over the longer term. Hockeyball's post is probably the best summary of the Sharks' failures the past decade I've seen on this site. But if you want to boil it down to one reason, I pick that trade.
Plus, for the idiots that want to blame Thorton as the tinman or chocking or lack of heart or some stupid bull**** about them not knowing how to win, whatever the **** that means, you can argue that Pronger brings those gritty intangibles that makes everyone's heart grow three times in size.
I hated Pronger and loved to boo him back in the day, but he was the missing piece.
If Doug Wilson had pulled the trigger on the deal for Chris Pronger (Michalek/Bernier, Carle, 1st) when he was asking out of Edmonton, the San Jose Sharks would have at least one Cup. He was the missing piece. A truly elite, truly #1 defenseman.
There are other reasons they failed over the longer term. Hockeyball's post is probably the best summary of the Sharks' failures the past decade I've seen on this site. But if you want to boil it down to one reason, I pick that trade.
Plus, for the idiots that want to blame Thorton as the tinman or chocking or lack of heart or some stupid bull**** about them not knowing how to win, whatever the **** that means, you can argue that Pronger brings those gritty intangibles that makes everyone's heart grow three times in size.
I hated Pronger and loved to boo him back in the day, but he was the missing piece.