San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) General Manager Mike Grier announced today that the team has issued bona fide offers to the following players (2022 NHL Draft) and thus will retain their negotiating rights:

Chuck Kaiton, president of the NHL Broadcasters' Association, announced today that San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) Radio Play-By-Play Announcer Dan Rusanowsky (@DanRusanowsky) has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Foster Hewitt Memorial Award.

The award, voted on by the NHL Broadcasters' Association, is named in honor of the late "Voice of Hockey" in Canada, Foster Hewitt and was first presented in 1984 in recognition of members of the radio and television industry who have made outstanding contributions to their profession and to the game of hockey.

Sharks fans, mark your calendars! 

The San Jose Sharks will be hosting the 2023 Sharks Draft Party at SAP Center at 3 p.m. PT on June 28th. While the Draft is in Nashville this year, join the Sharks & celebrate on as they select picks for the future of the franchise with #4 and #26 overall picks in the first round! 

This is a FREE but ticketed event. Claim your free tickets through Spinzo now.

Fifteen Canadians, 11 Americans and 18 players born outside North America played at least one game for the Sharks this season. Five of the team's top seven point-getters hailed from Europe and Erik Karlsson posted the highest-scoring season by a non-North American defenseman in NHL history. It's fair to say that Sharks fans have gotten used to having a mix of international players on the team and on the scoresheet.

This year the San Jose Sharks were in the running for one of the top picks at the 2023 NHL Draft in Nashville. On Monday, May 8 the Sharks found out their fate during the long-awaited Draft Lottery.

First introduced in 1995 and most recently adjusted for the 2021 and 2022 NHL Drafts, the NHL's Draft Lottery system is designed to determine the order of selection in the first round of the NHL Draft for the teams not qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The system, based on the reverse-order finish of the NHL's regular season standings, has undergone numerous changes over the years, with the most recent changes being:

a) limiting the number of Lottery Draws from three to two.
b) limiting the number of positions a team can move up to 10, so only the top 11 teams are eligible to win the first overall selection.
c) limiting how often a team can win the NHL Lottery Draw - no more than two times in any five-year period.

San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) General Manager Mike Grier announced today that the club has signed goaltender Georgi Romanov to a two-year, entry-level contract. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

"Georgi has size, moves very well around the crease and is athletic," said Grier. "We feel like he has a good package to be successful."

San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) General Manager Mike Grier announced today that the club has signed defenseman Valtteri Pulli to a two-year, entry-level contract. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Every April the Sharks Foundation focuses on environmental stewardship and sustainability efforts.

To kickstart the campaign, a $7,500 Community Assist Grant was dedicated to Save Our Shores in partnership with HP/Poly. The funding supported their mission to foster thriving and sustainable ecosystems in the Monterey Bay and surrounding habitats through equitable environmental action that will have a positive impact on 75,000 residents.

The San Jose Sharks and SJSharks Gaming will hold the SJSharks Gaming Pacific Cup Season 3 Final Presented by WD_BLACK^®, an in-person EA Sports NHL 23 Esports hockey competition, at Santa Clara University on Saturday, April 29 at 4 p.m. PT. The event will be held in the California Mission Room. The event is open to the public and gamers and fans are welcome and encouraged to attend.