SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Joe Thornton is expected to be healthy at the start of training camp despite undergoing offseason surgery to repair torn ligaments in his left knee.
Where Thornton and longtime San Jose teammate Patrick Marleau will be playing remains an open question as they head toward unrestricted free agency.
”They’ve meant a lot to us, they mean a lot to us,” general manager Doug Wilson said Friday. ”It goes back to making this a place where players want to play. It’s great when players want to be here, players of their ilk who have set the standard for everyone else.