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Sheng’s Daily: Joe Thornton, From San Jose to First Line
Miss anything about San Jose Sharks’ training camp?
Check out yesterday’s news:
Gregor Says He’s Faster, Ferraro on Where He’s Improved, Noesen Misses Home
And here’s Saturday’s:
Boughner Wants Burns & Karlsson on Top PP Unit, Donato in Top-Six
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In other San Jose Sharks news…
@PrideTape @TheGOOBE @TheOfficialHDA @BlackGirlHockey @outsports @SportsMediaLGBT @playtruehockey @SanJoseSharks pic.twitter.com/e5jPTB8S7k
— Kurtis Gabriel (@kurtisgabriel) January 3, 2021
This was on the back of our Xmas cards with a note that said this is how we felt about 2020. It’s not PC, it’s not really appropriate, Patrick didn’t think I was really gonna use it. But, I thought it was fitting. #ParentsoftheYear pic.twitter.com/vG7FmjOJ7v
— Christina Marleau (@c_marleau) January 2, 2021
Around the NHL…
Maple Leafs say they’re starting Joe Thornton on left wing next to Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner. (Sportsnet)
Thornton said he played left wing in Switzerland. Asked if he was surprised that coach Sheldon Keefe put him on the top line with Matthews and Marner, he replied: "Nope."#Leafs
— Mike Zeisberger (@Zeisberger) January 4, 2021
Joe Pavelski is day-to-day to start Dallas Stars training camp. (NHL)
Wild named Jared Spurgeon captain ahead of 2020-21 season. (Twin Cities Pioneer Press)
His former teammate Gabriel was pumped for him:
Spluuuurrrgee as Nathanial Prosser would say! So happy for this guy, truly good person and such a good hockey player 💯 https://t.co/9LujQPbpa7
— Kurtis Gabriel (@kurtisgabriel) January 3, 2021
‘I Know He Loves Being an Islander,’ Barzal’s Teammates Confident He Re-Signs with Islanders
No Wishlist for the Money, but Marino Wants to Push the Play | PHN+
Joel Quenneville: Training camp full of opportunity for all Florida Panthers