NHL - As the San Jose Mercury News report, the San Jose Sharks are thinking about letting Swiss defenseman Mirco Müller, 19, join the U20 national team for this year's World Junior Championships from December 26 to January 5.

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"We have to talk about it. The organization will have to make some decisions there. It's an option, but we sure like what he's done here," Sharks head coach Tod McLellan says. Nevertheless, Mirco Müller has been a healthy scratch in five of their last eight games, because the Sharks currently have eight defensemen on their roster.

Because of the NHL roster freeze for the Christmas holidays, the Sharks will have to take a decision until December 19. The rosters for the World Juniors have to be finalized until Christmas. The IIHF World Junior Championships will take place from December 26 to January 5 in Montreal and Toronto.