Joe Thornton Criticizes NHL for Not Suspending Zdeno Chara, Says League Rules in Bruins Favor
by Elizabeth Cohen on Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:22AM

Joe Thornton is not unfamiliar with controversy in Boston, and he decided to whip up some more during an interview on Thursday while discussing his former team.
When asked about the recent debate over Zdeno Chara's hit on Montreal's Max Pacioretty, Thornton said he believes that Boston gets away with more favorable rulings from the league, the Globe and Mail reports.
"It's just something with Boston," Thornton said. "It just seems like they have a horseshoe. We've seen the [Milan] Lucic cross-check to the head [of Dominic Moore] earlier, and there's no disciplinary thing."
Thorton went on to question the NHL's process of disciplining players for certain hits on the ice, and said Boston always seems to have an edge when it comes to avoiding further penalty from the league.
"It's just something about Boston and the disciplinary [process] is on their side," Thornton added. "I'm not sure why that is. I'm not assuming that Colin's [Campbell] kid is on the team and that's why, but it's really bizarre."
Thornton may have a point, or he may just be spouting sour grapes over his two-game suspension earlier in the season for his blindside hit on St. Louis winger David Perron -- who has been sitting out indefinitely with a concussion since the incident.



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I also read that Campbell did not govern over the incidents review or decision, but it is very alarming how they never get suspended while other players get games for being accused of less. Really weird...

Colin Campbell is allowed to rule on situations in Boston, it's situations surrounding his son specifically he doesn't handle.

Frankly, it's highly disturbing to me that the NHL decided to take ZERO action against Chara. While I don't believe it was intentional, it was still a very dangerous play and Chara should have gotten at least a game suspension...if only to send a message to the players that reckless plays such as that are not condoned.

Okay this is the first time I have posted anything about the hit so bare with me if I have repeated things here. Chara did nothing wrong at all on the play, yes it was interference but that is it. I hope Max P is okay but really he kind of had it coming to for acting like a fucking douche the prior 2 games they played the Bruins.

If I had decided to jerk off instead, I probably wouldn't be paying child support...

Are you kidding me? So he deserves to have his neck broken because he's a bit of pest and got under the skin of some guy who takes liberties with much smaller players all the time? NO ONE deserves to be hurt like that.

Did I fucking say that he deserves a broken neck?? No I didnt. I said something like this was bound to happen to him. Learn how to read.

By saying that 'he kind of had it coming to him' you implied that he deserves to have a broken neck. Learn how the English language works.

No need for violence, just tell her she's got a game misconduct and show her the door.

As I said in the GDT, the call on Rivet was horseshit. The Bruins player was holding onto Rivet's stick like it was the last fucking raft on the Titanic.

If I had decided to jerk off instead, I probably wouldn't be paying child support...