How Sharks icon Joe Thornton will make history if elected to Hockey Hall of Fame

How Sharks icon Joe Thornton will make history if elected to Hockey Hall of Fame

SAN JOSE – Joe Thornton enjoyed a remarkable 24-year NHL career and, during his prime, was perhaps most responsible for helping transform the San Jose Sharks into one of the league’s premier teams. Fitting, then, that Thornton is set to become the first individual to play most of his NHL career with the Sharks to be elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. The Hall on Tuesday is set to announce its Class of 2025, and it would be shocking if it didn’t…

Projecting the 2025 Hall of Fame Class: Thornton, Chara headline five potential first-ballot picks - Daily Faceoff

Editor’s note: The original version of this story ran in November 2024. This is an updated version. You could argue the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024 was more steak than sizzle. Salary cap era stars Pavel Datsyuk and Shea Weber were first-ballot choices. They were joined by longtime American holdovers Natalie Darwitz, Krissy Wendell, and Jeremy Roenick — each previously passed over for more than a decade. On the Builder side, hockey lifers…