Do you really think it will help....

Late last night, Boston shipped their star Joe Thornton to San Jose in exchange for San Jose's young core of Marco Sturm, Wayne Primeau and defenseman Brad Stuart. Thornton seems less than pleased with the deal, saying, "I was blindsided. On the one hand it's disappointing, and on the other it's good to start over again. When you don't win, there's going to be changes." He had signed a three year contract with Boston in the August, after being their captain for the past three seasons.

The real kicker?

Boston is dying in the East, languishing in 12th place with a record of 8-13-5....1-8-1 in their last 10. San Jose is worse...8-12-4 and 0-7-3 in their last ten. Both are last in their divisions. By a lot.

Two horrible teams making trades with each other. Who knows? Maybe they're on to something.