So I guess we finally understand why Joe Thornton missed two games–two whole games!–of the Sharks’ six game playoff loss to Edmonton.
It seems that the inside of Thornton’s left knee was doing an imitation of spaghetti. With his ligaments being the spaghetti. Thornton had a torn ACL and a torn MCL injury, sustained in an April 2 regular season game at Vancouver. He returned to action on April 16 in Game 3 against the Oilers and contributed 2 points over the final four games while averaging almost 20 minutes of playing time per game.
“Just the normal stuff hockey players have to deal with, ” Thornton said of his injury, though it was far more than that.