It kind of took me awhile to understand Pete’s system. Once I got the hang of it, I got comfortable and I love playing it.
SAN JOSE – It was Dec. 15, the Sharks were hovering right around .500, and Joe Thornton couldn’t find the scoresheet.
The 36-year-old had just two points in his previous 11 games headed into that night’s tilt at Bell Centre. He accumulated just 16 points in 29 games through the first third of the regular season, and although that’s a respectable enough total for many, Thornton was going to have to dramatically pick up the pace in order for the Sharks to legitimately contend.