The San Jose Sharks currently don’t need another defenseman. The top six seems set, with Dylan DeMelo due for a shot in David Schlemko’s vacated spot, while Joakim Ryan and Tim Heed will likely be in the mix for DeMelo’s old role as the team’s seventh blueliner.
But if San Jose is able to acquire a “key piece” via trade, as General Manager Doug Wilson intimated that the team is willing to do during an interview with Dan Rusanowsky last week, there’s a good chance they will. Both Taylor Hall and Ryan Johansen were traded straight up for top-four defensemen.