SAN JOSE — Pete DeBoer wants the last two weeks of the Sharks season to serve as an internal competition for jobs on the team’s playoff roster.
As Erik Karlsson prepares to rejoin the lineup before the Stanley Cup playoffs kick off on April 10, the race for the sixth spot on the Sharks blue line will be among the competitions in the spotlight this week. At this point, Tim Heed appears to have the inside lane on the rights to the job, but DeBoer wants Joakim Ryan to give him something to think about by capitalizing on the opportunity in front of him.