Shawn Thornton Unsympathetic About Matt Cooke

The position itself — that Cooke plays a certain way and was only filling a certain role that exists in the NHL — isn’t too hard to understand, but choosing the word “victim” got hockey fans riled up. Unsurprisingly, Bruins enforcer Shawn Thornton feels the same way.

“That guy’s an idiot as far as I’m concerned,” Thornton said on CSNNE on Thursday, referring to Adam Proteau, the author of The Hockey News’ tweets. “We all play on the edge. I play on the edge every single night, but the edge doesn’t mean going over that line, either.”