

Patrick Marleau joined the San Jose Sharks as an 18-year-old during the 1997-98 season, so it’s understandable why so many hockey fans were shocked to hear that the 37-year-old was departing San Jose for the Toronto Maple Leafs after he signed a three-year contract with Toronto on Sunday afternoon.



BREAKING: #PatrickMarleau joins the @mapleleafs on a 3-year deal. A post shared by TSN (@tsn_official) on Jul 2, 2017 at 2:59pm PDT

Shortly after the news broke that Marleau was heading to Toronto, his wife Christina shared her husband's heartfelt message from her Twitter account.



To the @SanJoseSharks, the fans and the San Jose community from Patrick. pic.twitter.com/tK2v8ayIVK — Christina Marleau (@c_marleau) July 2, 2017

In his 19 seasons with the team, the three-time NHL All-Star scored 508 goals and totaled 1,082 points in 1,493 games (which are all team records) and was one of the key reasons the team has been a 40-win team since the 2003-04 season (excluding the 48-game season in 2012-13).



Patrick Marleau becomes the 45th player (and the fifth active player) to hit the 500-goal plateau. pic.twitter.com/4mNO5rZg6H — TSN (@TSN_Sports) February 3, 2017

It’s definitely going to be a little weird seeing Marleau in anything other than a Sharks uniform, but we’ll probably get used to it over the next three seasons.



(H/T Twitter/c_marleau)