SAN JOSE -– Since the first day of training camp, the Sharks have been searching for a player to grab that sixth defenseman spot and hang onto it.
Mid-December, it still hasn’t happened yet.
Dylan DeMelo, though, will get a second straight game in that spot on Saturday when the Sharks host the Wild. Pete DeBoer was impressed with the 22-year-old’s game in Edmonton on Wednesday, when he skated 11:44 with an even rating.
“Edmonton’s ice and Edmonton’s team is about as fast a team as you can have, so it was a great test for him,” DeBoer said.