It’s no big secret that the Sharks haven’t done well drafting defensemen in recent years. Ryan Merkley finally seems to offer a bit of hope for the future of the teal blue line, but the year prior, the Sharks drafted another defenseman with an offensive upside and he shouldn’t be counted out.
The immediate downside to Mario Ferraro is that he chose the NCAA path, which means it will be awhile before we see what he’s capable of at the professional level. The good news is that at the NCAA level, he’s more promising than expected.