Trade rumors have been swirling around Patrick Marleau this summer, but the Sharks captain would prefer to remain in San Jose. "I don't have a sense that the Sharks are in a trade mode with regards to Patrick Marleau," agent Don Baizley, Marleau's agent, said from his Winnipeg office this week. That's consistent with the message Sharks General Manager Doug Wilson has been sending, too. His priority, Wilson said again this week, is to get Marleau's signature on a contract extension - not send him packing to Montreal, or anyplace else. Negotiations are continuing. But even so, these can't be the most carefree times for Marleau, who, without an extension, becomes an unrestricted free agent in 2008.