logo
Uncategorized

Thornton to remain a Shark, via report

0 Comments

Via Kevin Kurz:

Via Bob McKenzie:

$6.5M, even for for one year, seemed to be more lucrative than the contract I’d have envisioned him agreeing on with Los Angeles, even though it’s only a one-year deal. There were other teams involved, and while the Kings made a strong push, it always seemed like San Jose would be the ultimate destination and that it would take extra to convince him to sign with a major, heated rival. As we got closer to the weekend, other teams also gained similar footing to the Kings, but L.A. appeared to be there beyond the 9:00 a.m. PT opening of free agency. Interestingly, the intel so many of us received was that Patrick Marleau would be the domino to influence Thornton, but Thornton agreed to his contract before Marleau, who remains a free agent as of now. As you were, Kings fans.

Rules for Blog Commenting

  • No profanity, slurs or other offensive language. Replacing letters with symbols does not turn expletives into non-expletives.
  • Personal attacks against other blog commenters, and/or blatant attempts to antagonize other comments, are not tolerated. Respectful disagreement is encouraged. Posts that continually express the same singular opinion will be deleted.
  • Comments that incite political, religious or similar debates will be deleted.
  • Please do not discuss, or post links to websites that illegally stream NHL games.
  • Posting under multiple user names is not allowed. Do not type in all caps. All violations are subject to comment deletion and/or banning of commenters, per the discretion of the blog administrator.

Repeated violations of the blog rules will result in site bans, commensurate with the nature and number of offenses.

Please flag any comments that violate the site rules for moderation. For immediate problems regarding problematic posts, please email zdooley@lakings.com.