SAN JOSE — San Jose Sharks icon Joe Thornton now has an official title with the team he starred on for 15 seasons. The Sharks ...

Sharks general manager Mike Grier announced a string of hockey operations changes on Tuesday, with Thornton's name at the ...

Joe Thornton was named player development coach and hockey operations adviser for the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday.

The San Jose Sharks officially hired franchise icon Joe Thornton as a player development coach/hockey operations advisor.

One of the greatest playmakers in NHL history, Joe Thornton played 15 of his 24 seasons with the San Jose Sharks ...

Hockey Hall of Famer Joe Thornton has officially joined the San Jose Sharks as Player Development Coach and Hockey Operations ...

Hockey Hall of Fame is set to announce its Class of 2025 on Tuesday, and it would be shocking if it didn’t include Joe Thornton ...

Joe Thornton, formerly with the Boston Bruins, adjusts a San Jose Sharks jersey during a news conference in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, Dec 1, 2005. The Sharks acquired Thornton, ...

But Thornton’s greatness as one of the NHL’s best to ever play, and his ranking as No. 32 on our list of the best players of the NHL’s modern era, is not dependent on whether the now 43-year ...

Thornton has made over $107 million in his career. I know it’s easy for me to say but if he had to take, for example, a one-year, $1 million contract, I think he’d be just fine with that.

That is Joe Thornton. Trent Yawney, assistant coach, San Jose Sharks, 2008-11: I had my son at the arena around Christmas. Prior to a game, he was playing ball hockey in the dressing room by himself.

Though moments like this are rare, Joe Thornton is unsettled. The normally easy-going, and immensely talented playmaker is sitting in the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, a building that has since been ...