With Fehr, the Sharks are plugging the hole with a veteran who’s suited up for 566 NHL games over 12 seasons, scoring a career-high 21 goals with the Washington Capitals during the 2009-10 season. Wilson started actively shopping for a fourth line center after Ryan Carpenter, Barclay Goodrow, Joel Ward and Danny O’Regan all received auditions at the position and failed to lock down the job. The Sharks waived Carpenter after 16 games, O’Regan received three different looks at fourth line center and the Goodrow and Ward projects failed largely because they were skating out of position. He can kill penalties, he wins faceoffs and with all the young players that we have on our roster, it’ll be nice to have another veteran guy. “We think he can do a lot of the things that (head coach) Pete (DeBoer) is looking for there,” Wilson said, referring to Fehr. He joins the team with playoff experience, he skates well, he can give the group 12 responsible minutes on the bottom and he kills penalties.
The Sharks closed the revolving door at the fourth line center position, acquiring Eric Fehr from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for a seventh-round pick in the 2020 NHL draft.įehr checks off a lot of boxes in what the Sharks are looking for in a fourth line center. LOUIS - Doug Wilson knocked a major item off his trade deadline to-do list Tuesday, adding center depth and veteran experience to the Sharks lineup.
