samirjaver Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Mike Keenan just said so on Sportsnet's Playoff Preview show. Pretty interesting that FLA management said no (especially considering Thornton ended up with 125 points that year after his trade to SJ), and opted for Bertuzzi + Auld instead... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crom! Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Poor Florida, always being exploited by us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MashedBananas Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I think there's already a topic about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gally Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I think there's already a topic about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brahma Bull Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Yeah, apparently the owners didn't want to pay Luongo $35 million. They offered 25 million and then it ended up offering lu $33 mill and Lu turned it down. That's when the owners said they wanted Luongo traded. Offer from Boston for Joe Thornton, but florida owners did not want to take on his contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_314 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 in retrospect it's kind of surprising that they would turn down a 100+ point scorer... salaries aside he could've done so much for their team, giving Olli Jokinen a legit setup man which would also allow them to swap another one of their centers for a scoring winger then again the team had a glut of NHL centers (Olli, Stumpel, Weiss, Horton were top 4 in team scoring, plus they had Gratton and Nieuwendyk) but not many quality scoring wingers (Gelinas, Roberts, Peltonen, Kolnik, hopefuls in Olesz, Booth, Campbell) so Bert makes sense (he was point-per-game in his 7 games there) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Back then I would've done that if I were Florida. If that happend now I'd lmao if I got offered Thornton for Luongo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Lombardi 18 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Love how people here think that they know it all, in hindsight of course. I can understand why Florida didn't want Thornton - because he had been a no-show for playoffs (not anymore now). At his price, it might have been steep. It is easier to find a player like Thornton than it is to find a legit power forward in Bertuzzi that clearly needed a change in scenery. Luongo was asking for too much money and they put two and two together. The deal actually makes sense back then. It was the unfortunate turn of events that happened which made the trade look far worse than it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dKs89 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Love how people here think that they know it all, in hindsight of course. I can understand why Florida didn't want Thornton - because he had been a no-show for playoffs (not anymore now). At his price, it might have been steep. It is easier to find a player like Thornton than it is to find a legit power forward in Bertuzzi that clearly needed a change in scenery. Luongo was asking for too much money and they put two and two together. The deal actually makes sense back then. It was the unfortunate turn of events that happened which made the trade look far worse than it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthycanuck Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Love how people here think that they know it all, in hindsight of course. I can understand why Florida didn't want Thornton - because he had been a no-show for playoffs (not anymore now). At his price, it might have been steep. It is easier to find a player like Thornton than it is to find a legit power forward in Bertuzzi that clearly needed a change in scenery. Luongo was asking for too much money and they put two and two together. The deal actually makes sense back then. It was the unfortunate turn of events that happened which made the trade look far worse than it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberz21 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 LOL, what's even dumber than trading Luongo fro Bertuzzi + Auld. Admitting you could of had Thorton. Why would Sportsnets even invited Keenan to their show. I guess TSN gets all the good guys and Sportsnets just pick up the leftover even if they have no credibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7thMan Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 At the time it looked like Auld might be a starting goaltender some day and Florida thought Bertuzzi would get a point-per-game for them, which he did until he got injured 7 games into the regular season and never played again for the Panthers. They also got a solid D-man in Bryan Allen It was still a terrible trade for Florida, though, and I think Nonis knew that when he made it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom52 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I'm guessing that this was the Bruins offering Thornton to Florida, not San Jose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadiangunner Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Just imagine what schneider is gonna fetch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 in retrospect it's kind of surprising that they would turn down a 100+ point scorer... salaries aside he could've done so much for their team, giving Olli Jokinen a legit setup man which would also allow them to swap another one of their centers for a scoring winger then again the team had a glut of NHL centers (Olli, Stumpel, Weiss, Horton were top 4 in team scoring, plus they had Gratton and Nieuwendyk) but not many quality scoring wingers (Gelinas, Roberts, Peltonen, Kolnik, hopefuls in Olesz, Booth, Campbell) so Bert makes sense (he was point-per-game in his 7 games there) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Man Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I wonder what offers Gillis will get for Schneider! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 in retrospect it's kind of surprising that they would turn down a 100+ point scorer... salaries aside he could've done so much for their team, giving Olli Jokinen a legit setup man which would also allow them to swap another one of their centers for a scoring winger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Lombardi 18 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 When did that change? In the last week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I think Luongo has shown he can bring more to a team in terms of getting results. Thornton is very good however and any team offered him would be foolish not to look into it. Thornton is like many very good players in the NHL, until he gets a Stanley Cup if at all he wont be given as much credit for what he does on the ice as perhaps he should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dKs89 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Western Conference Finals of 2011. http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=6584575 Nice try at being an ass though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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