At first, what controversy there was in the aftermath of Tomas Hertl’s four-goal outing against the New York Rangers was confined to the relatively inane question of whether or not he’d been showboating by scoring his fourth in an unusually flashy way.
Then, remarkably, Joe Thornton made an off-color comment making it clear how stupid the debate was. At least as remarkably, Vancouver Province reporter Jason Botchford quoted Thornton verbatim.
Via the Province blog, Thornton first tells an unidentified reporter to “shut up” after he asked Patrick Marleau a question about the perception that Hertl was showboating. Then Thornton continued:
"I’d have my c*** out if I scored four goals. I’d have my c*** out, stroking it."
Let’s ignore the specific language used for a second (we’ll circle back to that in a minute) and look at the point Thornton is making: Namely, it’s ridiculous that there’s a public debate about whether or not Hertl was showing off when he scored the goal.
For starters, the last time I checked, the whole point of th ...
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