Paul Gackle of The Mercury News: Over the weekend head coach Pete DeBoer made it clear that they need to acquire a fourth line center before the trade deadline.
Sources are saying that the Sharks are actively shopping for one.
The hole at center has been cause the offseason departure of Patrick Marleau as Tomas Hertl as moved to the wing on the second line, with Chris Tierney moving up to the third line.
On the fourth line, they have gone through Ryan Carpenter (waived), Danny O’Regan, Joel Ward and Barclay Goodrow with little success.