After seeing them suffer some ignominious playoff defeats, plenty of people are happy for Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton as they enter their first Stanley Cup Final.
The two veteran San Jose Sharks forwards aren’t playing coy about it, either; they’ve been picturing such scenarios for ages.
Both Thornton and Marleau seemingly uttered the same things as Game 1 approaches against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday.
“This is everything I’ve been dreaming about for a long, long time,” Marleau said.
"I'm living my dream every day." Jumbo talks about being in the #StanleyCup Final. #SJSharks
— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) May 29, 2016
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It’s hard to believe that we are months removed from a time when it seemed like one or both of these longtime Sharks were in the thick of seemingly legitimate trade rumors. Marleau, in particular, sounded like he might be on the verge of moving on.
Instead, they’re as deep in the postseason as they have ever been and Thornton is talking about his beard.
Thornton's wife's thoughts on the beard: "Oh, she hates it."
— Sean Gentille (@seangentille) May 29, 2016
Life is good.
