Hinote Will Be In Sharks Camp

from David Pollak of Working the Corners at the Mercury News, Add Dan Hinote’s name to the list of players about to compete for a spot on the Sharks’ revamped third and fourth lines. The initial phase of training camp gets under way at 2 p.m. Saturday — and, yes, I’m advised the session is open to the public — when rookies skate for the first time. Veterans won’t be out there until a week from Sunday and that’s when the 32-year-old Hinote will begin trying to make San Jose the third stop in his NHL career. That was the word from a source at Sharks Ice today, though I couldn’t pin down whether Hinote would be coming with a contract in hand or as a tryout, an arrangement along the lines of Jeff Friesen’s unsuccessful effort a year ago. continued