MLHS · Oct 16, 2020
Joe Thornton signs with the Toronto Maple Leafs: one-year, $700k
Joe Thornton, Toronto Maple LeafJumbo Joe is coming to Toronto on a one-year, league-minimum $700,000 contract.
It’s now officially the offseason of the Ontario-boy homecoming — Wayne Simmonds, TJ Brodie, now Thornton — and after the Simmonds addition on October 9, this is the second signing this week of an Ontario-born player linked to the Leafs in the rumour mill for the majority of his NHL career (both played junior in the Soo, too).
In the words of departed Mike Babcock, “Mark my words: They’re coming home.”