“You’ve got to remember that our best player is 6-foot-9, 270-pounds and he’s probably the toughest guy in the league. So I’m not too worried about babysitting him.”
—Shawn Thornton, on having to stand up for Zdeno Chara
April 2011
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“No one talks about the style of the two teams. Whoever puts more pucks in the net wins.”
—Shawn Thornton
“The mustache does command respect. I don’t know if I could keep this thing on my lip all year, though. It’s kind of painful to look at. Even I laugh at myself when I see it.”
—Shawn Thornton
“I really like the third jerseys, I think we look mean in all black… and Z looks even bigger.”
—Shawn Thornton, on the Bruins’ alternate uniforms
“I could be playing with Bergy and Rex, and it would be the fourth line. I could be centering Looch and Krejci, and it would be the fourth line.”
—Shawn Thornton
“This team’s built on finishing your checks. You’re not supposed to spin off and spray snow.”
—Shawn Thornton
“Last season [Steve] Begin and [Byron] Bitz were skating with [Daniel] Paille and everything was calling them the third line. Then, as soon as I come back and skate with Begin and Bitz, guess what they were calling us? That’s right: the fourth line.”
—Shawn Thornton
“They didn’t want those [stitches] to pop out, or I might look deformed afterwards.”
—Shawn Thornton, on being held out of the lineup
“I think if you check the attendance in those two years, it shows they wanted a Thornton.”
—Shawn Thornton, on the gap between Joe Thornton’s exit and his arrival in Boston
“I’ve always been a social coordinator first and foremost.”
—Shawn Thornton, on hearing compliments from teammates about his role on the team
