In this week’s installment, we look at why the 49ers should tank, the return of former Shark Patrick Marleau and the Earthquakes’ playoff exit.

If Danny O’Regan comes off as hungry, it’s because the Sharks have been rationing his tastes of the NHL.

Still just 23 years old, Tomas Hertl of the San Jose Sharks already considers himself a grizzled vet staring down a make-or-break season.