On the Sharks and Patrick Marleau …
- Kevin Kurz of CSN Bay Area: Marleau on if he wants to stay in San Jose.
“I’ve been here forever and it’s been a great place to play,” said Marleau, the franchise’s all-time leader in scoring and games played. “I’m not going to get into specifics or anything like that. There’s always been rumors in my career. I don’t really want to feed into it anymore or comment on it. I don’t want it to become a distraction or anything.”
On if the report that he’d accept a trade to the Ducks, Kings or Rangers is accurate.
“I’m not going to speculate or get into it too much. I’d just rather not feed into it,” said Marleau
Marc-Edouard Vlasic doesn’t think the Sharks need to make a personnel change in the dressing room.
“I don’t think a trade would shake things up, especially if it’s a guy like ,” he said. “That’s rumors. We need a guy like that on our team to help us win.”
Joe Pavelski on the Marleau speculation.
“We expect Patty to play hard, and he’s a big part of our team. … Until something really happens, these things have been out there before. You show up to play and do your job.”
- Pierre LeBrun: In a text from Patrick Marleau: “My job is to play hockey -for the Sharks – and that’s what I intend to do, and that is where my focus is. We need to win games here in San Jose, starting with Friday against Detroit.”
- Buffalo News: Scouting the Sharks-Islanders on Tuesday night was Rangers Doug Risebrough. The Rangers also had a scout at Sharks-Ducks game last Saturday.