Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton first became pals as teenagers while playing for a Canadian rep team in the mid-1990s, a relationship, both on and off the ice, that has flourished for the subsequent three-plus decades. The two were picked No. 1 and No. 2 in the 1997 NHL Draft, Thornton going first overall to the Boston Bruins, Marleau second to the San Jose Sharks. For 13 seasons -- from 2005-17 and then again in the 2019-20 season -- they were teammates with the Sharks after Thornton was acquired from the Bruins in one of the NHL’s biggest all-time blockbuster trades. These days, they live about five miles away from each other in the Bay Area and continue their lasting friendship in retirement. As such, who better than Marleau, who will be on hand for Thornton’s induction into the Hoc

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