Bruins tough guy Shawn Thornton made an appearance on the Dennis & Callahan show Wednesday morning to talk about the Marc Savard situation and explain why none of his teammates responded when the center was felled by a hit to the head from Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke on Sunday.
“…the bruins' Shawn Thornton shot well what does that say about the National Hockey League that they can turn their back on an incidence that knock somebody cold. Even by the way while the general managers are …”
“…a red flag to the rest of the teams in the not National Hockey League about liberties they might be able to take the Boston bruins' -- …”
Mike talked about if he believes there was intent to injure on Matt Cooke's hit on Marc Savard, if he thinks Cooke should be suspended, how the Bruins should have had a direct response immediately after the hit, that people saying going after Sidney Crosby with a cheap shot in retaliation is ridiculous, that the Bruins are too soft as a team, and his thoughts on the job Colin Campbell has done as the league's disciplinarian
“…the NHL 21 fortunately the hit on Sunday. Between Matt Cooke and Marc Savard. . Joining us right now is not NHL analyst for NASA and NBC in Hockey Night in Canada former Boston -- Mike Milbury …”
“…start with this in your opinion was the Matt -- yet. On Marc Savard and intent to injure. …”
Mike talked about Don Cherry's comments on Milan Lucic, if he thought Lucic had quit in the fight against Colton Orr, how a lot of Bruins have lost their way this season, if the NHL should shut down for the Olympics in 2014, his thoughts on the entire Olympic hockey tournament, and what he meant by his "Eurotrash" comment and how he didn't expect it to start a firestorm of controversy
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