PITTSBURGH — Leave it to Joe Thornton to, somehow, turn a line about the animal pelt stuck to his face into some sort of zen koan.
“You know what, with beards, you just gotta start ‘em," the Sharks center said on Sunday at Media Day for the Stanley Cup Final. "And usually, they’ll get big.”
Thornton hasn't shaved since November, and thus looks insane. Sporting News can confirm that the beard even more glorious in person. There's even more ... coloration going on than we initially thought.