# 2006–07 San Jose Sharks season

The San Jose Sharks 2006–07 season was the 16th season played by the franchise.

## Offseason

During the 2006 offseason, the San Jose Sharks made significant changes in order to bolster their defense and team grit. The Sharks signed Mike Grier from the Buffalo Sabres and former Shark Curtis Brown from the Chicago Blackhawks, two forwards noted for their defense prowess on both sides of the ice. After signing the two veterans, General Manager Doug Wilson traded their top offensive defenceman in 2005–06, Tom Preissing, to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for centre Mark Bell of the Chicago Blackhawks in a three-way trade involving Martin Havlat going from Ottawa to the Blackhawks. Wilson then traded underachieving winger Nils Ekman to the Pittsburgh Penguins. In August, to round off their flurry of trades, the Sharks signed veterans Mathieu Biron and Patrick Traverse. The Sharks also signed Graham Mink and Scott Ferguson to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Worcester Sharks. On October 2, 2006, the Sharks acquired Vladimir Malakhov and a first-round conditional draft pick in exchange for Jim Fahey and Alexander Korolyuk, who was playing in Russia at the time.

## Regular season

The Sharks got off to a sizzling 20–7–0 start, the best in franchise history. Shortly after, however, several key players missed time due to injuries, and the Sharks continued to struggle with consistency as their results dropped off. At the end of February, they lost four games in a row, their longest losing streak of the season.
When the trading deadline approached, Wilson used some of his carefully acquired assets to address the team's areas of need, trading draft picks and prospects for Craig Rivet from the Montreal Canadiens and Bill Guerin from the St. Louis Blues. With Rivet playing quality minutes on defense and Guerin scoring goals on offense, the Sharks began winning at a torrid pace, finishing the last 16 games of the regular season with a record of 13–1–3. They concluded the regular season with a total record of 51–26–5 for 107 points, the most wins and points in franchise history. However, in a competitive Western Conference, their record was only good enough for the fifth playoff seed, and they had to open the playoffs on the road.
The Sharks spent the majority of the season rotating their two goaltenders, Vesa Toskala and Evgeni Nabokov, every other game. The only time either one played for an extended period of time was when the other was injured or otherwise unable to play. When Toskala injured his groin, Nabokov made 14-straight starts and played arguably the best hockey of his career, significantly contributing to the Sharks' late-season spate of victories. As a result, despite Toskala's return from injury, Head Coach Ron Wilson retained Nabokov as the number one goaltender to finish the regular season and enter into the playoffs.
The Sharks iced four rookies during the season: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Matt Carle, Ryane Clowe and Joe Pavelski, with each making significant contributions to the team's success. Vlasic, at just 19-years-of-age, was not expected to make the team, but put together an impressive pre-season performance and was on the Sharks' opening night roster. He went on to play 81 games, leading all NHL rookie defensemen in average ice time at over 21 minutes per game, and was arguably the Sharks' most consistent defenceman the whole season.

### Season standings

Pacific Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 2 | Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 48 | 20 | 14 | 258 | 208 | 110 |
| 2 | 5 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 51 | 26 | 5 | 258 | 199 | 107 |
| 3 | 6 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 50 | 25 | 7 | 226 | 197 | 107 |
| 4 | 14 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 27 | 41 | 14 | 227 | 283 | 68 |
| 5 | 15 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 31 | 46 | 5 | 216 | 284 | 67 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | z-Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 50 | 19 | 13 | 254 | 199 | 113 |
| 2 | y-Anaheim Ducks | PA | 82 | 48 | 20 | 14 | 258 | 208 | 110 |
| 3 | y-Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 49 | 26 | 7 | 222 | 201 | 105 |
| 4 | Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 51 | 23 | 8 | 272 | 212 | 110 |
| 5 | San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 51 | 26 | 5 | 258 | 199 | 107 |
| 6 | Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 50 | 25 | 7 | 226 | 197 | 107 |
| 7 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 235 | 191 | 104 |
| 8 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 258 | 226 | 96 |
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| 9 | Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 44 | 31 | 7 | 272 | 251 | 95 |
| 10 | St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 214 | 254 | 81 |
| 11 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 201 | 249 | 73 |
| 12 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 32 | 43 | 7 | 195 | 248 | 71 |
| 13 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 201 | 258 | 71 |
| 14 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 27 | 41 | 14 | 227 | 283 | 68 |
| 15 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 31 | 46 | 5 | 216 | 284 | 67 |
bold - qualified for playoffs, y - division title, z - best conference record CE - Central Division, NW - Northwest Division, PA - Pacific Division

## Playoffs

The San Jose Sharks ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's fifth seed.
In the first round of the playoffs, the Sharks met the Nashville Predators, and advanced to the second round after defeating them 4 games to 1 for the second-straight season. They then fell to the Detroit Red Wings in the semifinals in six games.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2006–07 regular season :
October: 9–4–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 5–3–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 5St. Louis4 – 5San JoseOTToskala17,4961–0–02Recap
2October 7NY Islanders0 – 2San JoseNabokov17,4962–0–04Recap
3October 9San Jose4 – 1CalgaryToskala19,2893–0–06Recap
4October 12San Jose4 – 6EdmontonNabokov16,8393–1–06Recap
5October 13San Jose6 – 4VancouverToskala18,6304–1–08Recap
6October 17Dallas0 – 2San JoseNabokov16,3805–1–010Recap
7October 19Detroit1 – 5San JoseToskala17,4966–1–012Recap
8October 21Minnesota4 – 1San JoseNabokov17,4966–2–012Recap
9October 23San Jose3 – 0ColumbusToskala16,0677–2–014Recap
10October 25San Jose1 – 2DetroitNabokov20,0667–3–014Recap
11October 26San Jose3 – 4NashvilleToskala13,4367–4–014Recap
12October 29San Jose4 – 2Tampa BayNabokov19,9048–4–016Recap
13October 31San Jose2 – 1FloridaToskala10,0819–4–018Recap :
November: 10–3–0 (home: 5–1–0; road: 5–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
14November 2NY Rangers3 – 1San JoseNabokov17,0919–5–018Recap
15November 4Pittsburgh2 – 3San JoseToskala17,49610–5–020Recap
16November 7Minnesota1 – 3San JoseNabokov17,23311–5–022Recap
17November 9San Jose7 – 3Los AngelesToskala16,61812–5–024Recap
18November 11San Jose2 – 1PhoenixToskala15,03613–5–026Recap
19November 13San Jose2 – 4Los AngelesToskala16,66713–6–026Recap
20November 15San Jose4 – 3ColoradoNabokov18,00714–6–028Recap
21November 18Philadelphia1 – 6San JoseToskala17,49615–6–030Recap
22November 21San Jose0 – 5AnaheimNabokov15,01315–7–030Recap
23November 22Los Angeles3 – 6San JoseToskala17,49616–7–032Recap
24November 25New Jersey0 – 2San JoseNabokov17,49617–7–034Recap
25November 28San Jose2 – 0St. LouisToskala8,67918–7–036Recap
26November 29San Jose2 – 1MinnesotaNabokov18,56819–7–038Recap :
December: 7–7–0 (home: 4–5–0; road: 3–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
27December 2San Jose3 – 2DetroitToskala20,06620–7–040Recap
28December 4San Jose0 – 1DallasNabokov17,05620–8–040Recap
29December 7Colorado5 – 2San JoseToskala17,03920–9–040Recap
30December 9Nashville1 – 3San JoseNabokov17,49621–9–042Recap
31December 11Phoenix0 – 4San JoseToskala16,71722–9–044Recap
32December 12San Jose3 – 1Los AngelesNabokov15,20423–9–046Recap
33December 14Los Angeles4 – 2San JoseToskala17,49623–10–046Recap
34December 16Anaheim3 – 4San JoseNabokov17,49624–10–048Recap
35December 21Dallas3 – 0San JoseToskala17,49624–11–048Recap
36December 23Calgary1 – 4San JoseNabokov17,49625–11–050Recap
37December 26Anaheim4 – 3San JoseNabokov17,49625–12–050Recap
38December 28Phoenix3 – 2San JoseToskala17,49625–13–050Recap
39December 30San Jose0 – 8PhoenixNabokov17,64325–14–050Recap
40December 31San Jose4 – 2DallasToskala18,58426–14–052Recap :
January: 7–3–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 3–1–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
41January 4Detroit4 – 9San JoseToskala17,49627–14–054Recap
42January 6Columbus2 – 5San JoseToskala17,49628–14–056Recap
43January 10Edmonton3 – 2San JoseNabokov17,49628–15–056Recap
44January 11San Jose5 – 2Los AngelesToskala17,05429–15–058Recap
45January 13San Jose4 – 1PhoenixToskala16,64230–15–060Recap
46January 15Colorado1 – 3San JoseNabokov17,49631–15–062Recap
47January 18Phoenix2 – 5San JoseToskala17,49632–15–064Recap
48January 20St. Louis1 – 0San JoseNabokov17,49632–16–064Recap
49January 26San Jose5 – 1EdmontonToskala16,83933–16–066Recap
50January 28San Jose1 – 3VancouverNabokov18,63033–17–066Recap
51January 30Dallas3 – 2San JoseSOToskala17,49633–17–167Recap :
February: 5–7–1 (home: 1–3–1; road: 4–4–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
52February 1Dallas4 – 2San JoseToskala17,49633–18–167Recap
53February 3Chicago2 – 4San JoseToskala17,49634–18–169Recap
54February 6Anaheim7 – 4San JoseToskala17,49634–19–169Recap
55February 7San Jose3 – 2AnaheimToskala17,46635–19–171Recap
56February 13San Jose6 – 5St. LouisToskala9,23536–19–173Recap
57February 14San Jose0 – 5NashvilleToskala13,83636–20–173Recap
58February 16San Jose0 – 3ColumbusNabokov16,04536–21–173Recap
59February 18San Jose2 – 5DallasNabokov17,84936–22–173Recap
60February 21San Jose3 – 2WashingtonSONabokov13,62237–22–175Recap
61February 22San Jose2 – 0ChicagoNabokov10,12538–22–177Recap
62February 24San Jose4 – 7CalgaryNabokov19,28938–23–177Recap
63February 26Anaheim3 – 2San JoseNabokov17,49638–24–177Recap
64February 28Nashville4 – 3San JoseSONabokov17,49638–24–278Recap :
March: 10–2–2 (home: 5–0–1; road: 5–2–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
65March 2San Jose1 – 3AnaheimNabokov17,17438–25–278Recap
66March 4San Jose4 – 0DallasNabokov18,00239–25–280Recap
67March 6San Jose3 – 0MinnesotaNabokov18,56840–25–282Recap
68March 9Vancouver2 – 1San JoseOTNabokov17,49640–25–383Recap
69March 11Edmonton0 – 3San JoseNabokov17,49641–25–385Recap
70March 13Chicago1 – 7San JoseNabokov17,49642–25–387Recap
71March 15San Jose5 – 1PhoenixNabokov17,74443–25–389Recap
72March 16Columbus0 – 3San JoseToskala17,49644–25–391Recap
73March 18San Jose3 – 4ColoradoOTNabokov18,00744–25–492Recap
74March 21San Jose4 – 1ChicagoNabokov10,37445–25–494Recap
75March 22San Jose5 – 1AtlantaToskala16,36746–25–496Recap
76March 24San Jose4 – 6CarolinaToskala18,76346–26–496Recap
77March 27Los Angeles1 – 3San JoseNabokov17,49647–26–498Recap
78March 30Phoenix2 – 4San JoseNabokov17,49648–26–4100Recap :
April: 3–0–1 (home: 2–0–1; road: 1–0–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
79April 1Los Angeles2 – 6San JoseNabokov17,49649–26–4102Recap
80April 4San Jose3 – 2AnaheimSONabokov17,44050–26–4104Recap
81April 5Calgary3 – 4San JoseNabokov17,49651–26–4106Recap
82April 7Vancouver4 – 3San JoseOTNabokov17,49651–26–5107Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2007 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Nashville Predators – Sharks win 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 11San Jose5 – 4Nashville2OTNabokov17,1131 – 0Recap
2April 13San Jose2 – 5NashvilleNabokov17,1131 – 1Recap
3April 16Nashville1 – 3San JoseNabokov17,4962 – 1Recap
4April 18Nashville2 – 3San JoseNabokov17,4963 – 1Recap
5April 20San Jose3 – 2NashvilleNabokov17,1134 – 1Recap :
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–2
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 26San Jose2 – 0DetroitNabokov18,7121 – 0Recap
2April 28San Jose2 – 3DetroitNabokov19,1131 – 1Recap
3April 30Detroit1 – 2San JoseNabokov17,4962 – 1Recap
4May 2Detroit3 – 2San JoseOTNabokov17,4962 – 2Recap
5May 5San Jose1 – 4DetroitNabokov19,9372 – 3Recap
6May 7Detroit2 – 0San JoseNabokov17,4962 – 4Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 19 | Joe Thornton | C | 82 | 22 | 92 | 114 | 24 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Patrick Marleau | C | 77 | 32 | 46 | 78 | 9 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −5 | 2 |
| 14 | Jonathan Cheechoo | RW | 76 | 37 | 32 | 69 | 11 | 69 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Milan Michalek | RW | 78 | 26 | 40 | 66 | 17 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | Matt Carle | D | 77 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Ryane Clowe | RW | 58 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 4 | 78 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −2 | 17 |
| 25 | Mike Grier | RW | 81 | 16 | 17 | 33 | −5 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Christian Ehrhoff | D | 82 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 8 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 26 | Steve Bernier | RW | 62 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 5 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Joe Pavelski | C | 46 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | D | 81 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 22 | Scott Hannan | D | 79 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 33 |
| 34 | Patrick Rissmiller | LW | 79 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Mark Bell | C | 71 | 11 | 10 | 21 | −9 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| 37 | Curtis Brown | C | 78 | 8 | 12 | 20 | −2 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Kyle McLaren | D | 67 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 61 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −2 | 10 |
| 11 | Marcel Goc | C | 78 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −2 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | Mark Smith | C | 41 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −4 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Bill Guerin† | RW | 16 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 12 |
| 52 | Craig Rivet† | D | 17 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −5 | 18 |
| 6 | Josh Gorges‡ | D | 47 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Douglas Murray | D | 35 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Vesa Toskala | G | 38 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Ville Nieminen‡ | LW | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −7 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Rob Davison | D | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 49 | Mathieu Darche | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Evgeni Nabokov | G | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 27 | Scott Parker‡ | RW | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Tomas Plihal | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 35 | Vesa Toskala | 38 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 915 | 84 | 2.35 | .908 | 4 | 2142 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Evgeni Nabokov | 50 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 1227 | 106 | 2.29 | .914 | 7 | 2778 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 323 | 26 | 2.23 | .920 | 1 | 701 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | NHL All-Rookie Team | Matt Carle (Defense) |
| League (annual) | NHL All-Rookie Team | Marc-Edouard Vlasic (Defense) |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Jonathan Cheechoo |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Patrick Marleau |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Joe Thornton |
| League (in-season) | NHL First Star of the Week | Joe Thornton (March 18) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Rookie of the Month | Ryane Clowe (January) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Second Star of the Month | Joe Thornton (March) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Second Star of the Week | Jonathan Cheechoo (March 25) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Third Star of the Week | Joe Thornton (January 7) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Third Star of the Week | Evgeni Nabokov (March 11) |
| League (in-season) | NHL YoungStars Game selection | Matt Carle |
| Team | Sharks Player of the Year | Joe Thornton |
| Team | Sharks Rookie of the Year | Marc-Edouard Vlasic |
| Team | Three Stars of the Year | Joe Thornton |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | October 5, 2006 |
| First game | Joe Pavelski | November 22, 2006 |
| First game | Tomas Plihal | January 26, 2007 |

## Transactions

The Sharks were involved in the following transactions from June 20, 2006, the day after the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 6, 2007, the day of the deciding game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24) | To San Jose Sharks 1st-round pick in 2006 | To Montreal Canadiens 1st-round pick in 20062nd-round pick in 2006 |
| June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24) | To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2006 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Philadelphia's 3rd-round pick in 20064th-round pick in 20062nd-round pick in 2007 |
| June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24) | To San Jose Sharks Edmonton's 4th-round pick in 2006 | To New York Islanders Tampa Bay's 4th-round pick in 20066th-round pick in 2006 |
| July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10) | To San Jose Sharks Mark Bell | To Chicago Blackhawks Josh HennessyTom Preissing |
| July 20, 2006 (2006-07-20) | To San Jose Sharks Carolina's 2nd-round pick in 2007 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Nils EkmanPatrick Ehelechner |
| October 1, 2006 (2006-10-01) | To San Jose Sharks Vladimir MalakhovConditional 1st-round pick in 2007 | To New Jersey Devils Jim FaheyAlexander Korolyuk |
| December 15, 2006 (2006-12-15) | To San Jose Sharks Patrick Traverse | To Montreal Canadiens Mathieu Biron |
| February 16, 2007 (2007-02-16) | To San Jose Sharks Alexander Korolyuk | To New Jersey Devils Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2007 |
| February 25, 2007 (2007-02-25) | To San Jose Sharks Craig Rivet5th-round pick in 2008 | To Montreal Canadiens Josh Gorges1st-round pick in 2007 |
| February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27) | To San Jose Sharks Bill Guerin | To St. Louis Blues Ville NieminenRights to Jay BarriballNew Jersey's 1st-round pick in 2007 |
| February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27) | To San Jose Sharks 6th-round pick in 2008 | To Colorado Avalanche Scott Parker |
| February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27) | To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick in 2007 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Nolan Schaefer |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 3, 2006 (2006-07-03) | Curtis Brown | Chicago Blackhawks | multi-year | Free agency |
| July 3, 2006 (2006-07-03) | Mike Grier | Buffalo Sabres | 3-year | Free agency |
| July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10) | Mathieu Darche | Colorado Avalanche | | Free agency |
| July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10) | Patrick Traverse | Dallas Stars | | Free agency |
| July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14) | Scott Ferguson | Minnesota Wild | | Free agency |
| July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14) | Graham Mink | Washington Capitals | | Free agency |
| August 9, 2006 (2006-08-09) | Mathieu Biron | Washington Capitals | 1-year | Free agency |
| March 8, 2007 (2007-03-08) | T. J. Fox | Union College (ECAC) | 2-year | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Scott Thornton | Los Angeles Kings | Free agency (III) |
| July 2, 2006 (2006-07-02) | Alyn McCauley | Los Angeles Kings | Free agency (III) |
| July 21, 2006 (2006-07-21) | Tim Conboy | Carolina Hurricanes | Free agency (UFA) |
| July 23, 2006 (2006-07-23) | Matt Carkner | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency (VI) |
| August 14, 2006 (2006-08-14) | Shane Joseph | Augsburger Panther (DEL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| September 28, 2006 (2006-09-28) | Patrick Traverse | Montreal Canadiens | Waivers |
| October 12, 2006 (2006-10-12) | Josh Prudden | Fresno Falcons (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14) | Taylor Dakers | | Entry-level |
| July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14) | Rob Davison | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14) | Scott Parker | | Re-signing |
| July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14) | Dimitri Patzold | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14) | Joe Pavelski | | Entry-level |
| July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) | Jim Fahey | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) | Marcel Goc | 2-year | Re-signing |
| July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) | Douglas Murray | 3-year | Re-signing |
| July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) | Tomas Plihal | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) | Garrett Stafford | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) | Grant Stevenson | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) | Craig Valette | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24) | Mark Smith | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25) | Mark Bell | 3-year | Re-signing |
| July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25) | Christian Ehrhoff | 2-year | Re-signing |
| August 9, 2006 (2006-08-09) | Patrick Rissmiller | 2-year | Re-signing |
| September 21, 2006 (2006-09-21) | Ashton Rome | 3-year | Entry-level |
| October 5, 2006 (2006-10-05) | Nolan Schaefer | 1-year | Re-signing |
| December 28, 2006 (2006-12-28) | Derek Joslin | | Entry-level |
| March 19, 2006 (2006-03-19) | Torrey Mitchell | | Entry-level |
| March 30, 2006 (2006-03-30) | Ty Wishart | | Entry-level |
| April 23, 2006 (2006-04-23) | Jamie McGinn | | Entry-level |
| April 23, 2006 (2006-04-23) | Mike Morris | | Entry-level |

## Draft picks

San Jose's draft picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft held at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 16 | Ty Wishart | Canada | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
| 2 | 36 | Jamie McGinn | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
| 4 | 98 | James DeLory | Canada | Oshawa Generals (OHL) |
| 5 | 143 | Ashton Rome | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
| 7 | 202 | John McCarthy | United States | Boston University (Hockey East) |
| 7 | 203 | Jay Barriball | United States | Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) |