How The Sharks Were Built (2016-17) AGE PLAYER NHL ENTRY DRAFT (9) Birthdate 37 Patrick Marleau Selected by San Jose in the 1997 NHL Draft (1st round, 2nd overall). 9/15/1979 32 Joe Pavelski Selected by San Jose in the 2003 NHL Draft (7th round, 205th overall) 7/11/1984 30 Justin Braun Selected by San Jose in the 2007 NHL Draft (7th round, 201st overall) 2/10/1987 29 Marc-Edouard Vlasic Selected by San Jose in the 2005 NHL Draft (2nd round, 35th overall) 3/30/1987 27 Logan Couture Selected by San Jose in the 2007 NHL Draft (1st round, 9th overall) 3/28/1989 23 Dylan DeMelo Selected by San Jose in the 2011 NHL Draft (6th round, 179th overall) 5/1/1993 23 Tomas Hertl Selected by San Jose in the 2012 NHL Draft (1st round, 17th overall) 11/12/1993 22 Chris Tierney Selected by San Jose in the 2012 NHL Draft (2nd round, 55th overall) 7/1/1994 20 Timo Meier Selected by San Jose in the 2015 NHL Draft (1st round, 9th overall) 10/8/1996 AGE PLAYER FREE AGENTS (9) 36 Joel Ward Signed by San Jose as a free agent on July 3, 2015 12/2/1980 36 Paul Martin Signed by San Jose as a free agent on July 1, 2015 3/5/1981 30 Micheal Haley Signed by San Jose as a free agent on July 10, 2014 3/30/1986 29 David Schlemko Signed by San Jose as a free agent on July 1, 2016 5/7/1987 27 Aaron Dell Signed by San Jose as a free agent on March 4, 2015. 5/4/1989 27 Mikkel Boedker Signed by San Jose as a free agent on July 1, 2016 12/16/1989 26 Melker Karlsson Signed by San Jose as a free agent on May 30, 2014 7/18/1990 24 Marcus Sorensen Signed by San Jose as a free agent on May 13, 2016 4/7/1992 24 Joonas Donskoi Signed by San Jose as a free agent on May 20, 2015. 4/13/1992 AGE PLAYER ACQUIRED VIA TRADE (5) 37 Joe Thornton Acquired by San Jose from Boston in exchange for Brad Stuart, Marco Sturm and 7/2/1979 Wayne Primeau on Nov. 30, 2005. 32 Brent Burns Acquired by San Jose along w ith a second round selection in the 2012 NHL Entry 3/9/1985 Draft from Minnesota in exchange for Devin Setoguchi, Charlie Coyle and a first round selection (28th overall, Zack Phillips) in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft on June 24, 2011 Acquired by San Jose from Vancouver in exchange for Nikolay Goldobin and a 31 Jannik Hansen 3/15/1986 fourth round selection in the 2017 NHL Draft on February 28, 2017. Acquired by San Jose from Boston in exchange for a first round selection in the 27 Martin Jones 1/10/1990 2016 NHL Draft and Sean Kuraly on June 30, 2015. Acquired by San Jose from Dallas in exchange for Jason Demers and a third round 26 Brenden Dillon 11/13/1990 selection in the 2016 NHL Draft on Nov. 21, 2014 * Injured Reserve .