SAN JOSE — With 28 players still in training camp at that point, defenseman Ryan Merkley didn’t have a stall inside the Sharks’ dressing room at SAP Center this weekend. So he was given a chair to sit in right in the middle of the room.
On his right were Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Erik Karlsson. On his left were Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski and Brent Burns.
“It’s pretty cool. Just sitting here, getting dressed with all of the guys, watching them play,” Merkley said Sunday. “Watching guys like Karlsson and Burns and those guys on the power play today was unreal.