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Nov 30, 2020 · Exactly 15 years ago today, on Nov. 30, 2005, the Boston Bruins traded their captain at the time, center Joe Thornton, to the San Jose Sharks. This transaction would go on to change these two franchises drastically.
Nov 30, 2020 · In hindsight, the Thornton trade sparked a short, two-year rebuild that ultimately helped the Bruins won the cup in 2011. With Thornton gone, it opened to door for Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci to take over as the team’s top centers.
Nov 17, 2015 · “The Trade” Bruins captain Joe Thornton was the face of the franchise. The number-one overall pick in 1997 had a slow start to life in the NHL as a rookie in the 1997-98 season as an...
Nov 30, 2015 · A decade ago Monday, the Boston Bruins stunned the hockey world by trading franchise cornerstone and leading scorer Joe Thornton to the San Jose Sharks. The struggling Bruins dealt Thornton...
Dec 7, 2015 · Ten years after Joe Thornton was shockingly traded by the Bruins to the Sharks, both teams are still living with the consequences.
Jun 25, 2020 · Steve Dangle takes a look back at one of the most famous Boston Bruins trades when they sent Joe Thornton to the San Jose Sharks back in 2005.
Mar 27, 2020 · Burke, who was hired as Anaheim's GM following the 2004-05 lockout, apparently tried to change the Ducks' early-season trajectory in 2005-06 by making a blockbuster trade for Thornton. Unfortunately for Anaheim -- and tremendously for San Jose -- that never came to be.
Oct 26, 2017 · The biggest factor in the decision was a 20-year-old Patrice Bergeron. His emergence and future potential as a leader both on and off the ice was one of the biggest factors behind the trade that sent Thornton to San Jose. His exit clearly opened the door for Bergeron.
Nov 30, 2020 · Believe it or not, the Joe Thornton trade is now 15 years old. It was on this date a decade and a half ago that the Boston Bruins sent their captain to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for forwards Wayne Primeau and Marco Sturm and defenseman Brad Stuart.
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