Joe Thornton said he’d be willing to go to a contender and there was interest. The Minnesota Wild and New York Islanders were working on a trade that involved Zach Parise and Andrew Ladd.
By Chris Wassel, Featurd
The crazy NHL Trade Deadline has come and gone. However, there were a few noticeable oddities that left many people around the league intrigued. The first was Joe Thornton wanting to leave San Jose but Doug Wilson could not find a suitor among the playoff contenders. Then, there was that Zach Parise-Andrew Ladd trade which never quite came to fruition.