It’s not just the possibility that his No. 88 could join Joe Thornton and Patrick ... it was very cool to see." Burns on what it says about Thornton that his family and [Tomas] Hertl’s wife ...

But you could say it’s just the Joe Thornton effect ... at the 2011 draft in a package deal that brought defenseman Brent Burns the other way. In Minnesota, he signed a 3-year, $9 million ...

Brent Burns' massive new contract with the Sharks ... The Sharks are by no means a young team, with the likes of Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau in their late 30s and due to become UFAs in ...

Brent Burns has been talking for nearly an hour ... them and timber wolves and his NHL Draft experience and surfing and Joe Thornton and cycling and the merits of the travel-size Vitamix blender ...