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The Thin Blue Line: Sharks D in flux

By Victoria Matiash
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

While most are focusing on what the Sharks' newly acquired Dany Heatley brings to the offensive table, one rookie defenseman is already making a mild fuss in his young NHL career in San Jose. Nine short games in, Jason Demers has seven assists and has earned a spot on San Jose's top power-play unit with Dan Boyle. The 186th draft pick overall (2008) seems poised and comfortable and, by all appearances, has earned his coaches' confidence. He has yet to score, but as long as the minutes with t ...

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