SAN JOSE — Standing in front of his familiar stall inside the Sharks’ dressing room at their practice facility, Joe Thornton was asked why it took so long for him to ink the one-year, $2 million deal he signed with the team Friday.
Thornton joked that general manager Doug Wilson originally sent him the same eight-year, $92 contract that defenseman Erik Karlsson signed – the richest in team history — in June.
“I said, ‘Ah, Doug, I don’t want to be greedy. I don’t want to take that right now. Let’s just start at one year,” Thornton said.