I think they can win a game without Milan Lucic. They out-tough the Habs even with Lucic out of the lineup, and maybe without Lucic crashing around out there Thornton will be allowed to do his job.
That kid needed to cool it anyway. With the reckless way he's been playing and the way he's been taking what should be a team responsibility on himself by trying to take whole teams on, I imagine our lumbering crowd-pleaser might have found himself on the bench even if the suspension was overturned.
You like to see a tough guy, but Lucic has been way over the top lately. It was only a matter of time before Milan either got hurt himself, or earned himself a whole lot more than a match penalty.