Get off the fucking Bruins already, HE WAS MINUS 23

I am listening to nothing but bullshit about the Bruins deal for Ference and Kobasew.

The back chat is all tied to the Thornton Trade (one paper even compared the trade to the Orr trade. I can support that because he was an overpaid tub when they dumped him too).

FACT: the Thornton Trade is done. There is no going back now. He is happily dissappointing fans on the West Coast now and there is nothing we can do about it. He wanted out (just see the deals he refusd and the deal he actually signed) and he played like a guy who wanted out. He is gone. Did the Bruins get fair value for him? Personally I think if they got Strum and Marleau it was a good deal. Or is they sent him to Atlanta and got Heatly it was a good deal....

Did they get that? No, but they got three guys that palyed really well last year in a tough spot.

What they did not get, contrary to popular opinion, was taken to the cleaners. In reality, they walked away from him, before he could walk away from them. The guy made too much money and he wanted out. What the hell are you supposed to do? They got three guys who contributed night in and night out. They played better without him last year and this year because of dumping him the Bruins were able to sign Savard who plays like a man possessed and someone who, at least appears, genuinely wants to be on the team.

All of this said

ENTER A NEW GM

So all deals before Peter Chiarelli have nothing to do with Peter Chiarelli.

When he arrived he was asked about the Thornton deal and he said

"I was not the GM, but I don't understand that deal"

He didn't say he woudl have given Joe the moon, but we all naturally assumed he was referring to Thornton as the X factor in that deal.

Maybe, just maybe he questioned the players received in return, not Thornton. If that is the case then would it not stand to reason that he would look to deal those players for people who fit his style better.

Fact: Stuart has never lived up to anyone's expectations. He is supposed to be a top 2 defenseman, but he is currently a top 6 on a bad team.

Boston was supposed to be this guys second chance. He is currently minus 23 with 17 points and 2 powerplay points. This guy is done. Sure he'll continue to find work, but the chance of him being an impact player is over. He is a prospect that did not pan out. In return the Bruins get a solid guy who is locked up for three years at a bargain price. A guy with 12 points, four on the PP and 2 Shorthanded. A guy who is plus 7.

As for Primeau, nobody cries when this lunchpale leaves a team. He has heart and character, but he takes stupid late game penalties and he simply can't score. What they get in return is a 24 year old kid who had 20 goals last season on a Flames team that couldn't find the net. Plus he is locked up at a bargain price for 3 years.

All of this and, to the critics, the Bruins still lose the trade because of Thornton. That fucking deal is done. You want to talk about losing the Heart Trophy winner. Talk about heart. Talk about zero productivity in the playoffs. Talk about this season where he is going through wingers like toilet paper and is not having much luck with any of them. Put this asshole side by side with Savard and talk about who you would rather have on your TEAM, not in some fucking fanatasy pool.

Thornton quit on his team, mailed in 23 games and was named MVP. That is the shame of the new NHL.

That said.

The Thornton trade has nothing to do with this deal. The Bruins traded a guy who wanted out. They traded a minus 23 defenseman....

Hold on, don't even walk down the road to "the team is the reason he is minus 23". He is a defenseman. A guy playing 21 minutes a game. If there is a reason the Bruins have such a bad plus minus this year it is because of Stuart, not inspite of him.

Stuart is headed for LA in the off season, so the Flames traded two guys they had locked up for two guys that will be gone come June.