CHICAGO — Pete DeBoer must be feeling the faint pain of an oncoming headache that’s growing slowly in his frontal lobe.
According to DeBoer, the looming headache is the best kind of headache a coach can have, but it’s still a headache.
With Joe Thornton’s return to practice Friday, it’s looking more and more likely that the face of the franchise will be rejoining the Sharks over the final days of the regular season or during the Stanley Cup playoffs. Although the Sharks will certainly welcome Thornton’s return, DeBoer is going to face a dilemma in how to reintegrate the future Hall of Famer into his lineup.