SAN JOSE — Defenseman Mario Ferraro holds the distinction of being the San Jose Sharks’ longest tenured player as he enters his seventh season with the organization.

The question now is whether there will be an eighth season in San Jose.

Ferraro, an alternate captain with the Sharks since the 2021-22 season, is set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer as he enters the final year of a four-year, $13 million contract he signed in Aug. 2022.

Ferraro said Thursday on the first day of the team’s training camp that there have not been any negotiations with the Sharks on a new contract, leaving his future in San Jose in question.

Perhaps the lack of negotiations is not a surprise. Since Mike Grier became the Sharks’ general manager about a month before he signed Ferraro to an exte

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