| Date | Player | Info | Contract type/comment |
| 4/4 | Tom Preissing | Sharks'
announcement Links: 1, 2 |
FA, entry level contract signed |
| 4/4 | Craig Valette | Sharks'
announcement Links: 1, 2 |
FA, entry level contract signed |
| 4/18 | Grant Stevenson | Sharks'
announcement Links: 1, 2 |
FA, entry level contract signed |
| 4/21 | Teemu Selanne | Sharks' announcement | Player option declined |
| 5/13 | Doug Wilson | Sharks announcement | Press conference | Named GM. |
| 5/22 | Mike Ricci | Sharks' announcement | Team option exercised |
| 5/22 | Doug Murray | Sharks'
announcement Links: 1, 2 |
1st pro contract signed |
| 5/30 | Vincent Damphousse | Shark's announcement | Player option exercised |
| 5/30 | Jonas Fiedler | Sharks'
announcement Links: 1 |
Qualifying offer made (entry level) |
| 5/30 | Kris Newbury | Sharks'
announcement Links: 1 |
Qualifying offer made (entry level) |
| 6/16 | Dimitri Patzold | de.yahoo.com reports (entry level) contract signed | |
| 6/21 | Alexander Korolyuk | Sharks' announcement | Two year contract signed |
| 6/21 | Scott Parker | Sharks'
announcement Links: 1, 2 |
Trade from Colorado (signed for 03-04 season) |
| 6/22 | Dimitri Patzold | Sharks'
announcement Links: 1 |
1st North American pro contract signed |
| 6/22 | Christian Ehrhoff | Sharks'
announcement Links: 1 |
1st North American pro contract signed |
| 6/30 | Adam Graves | Sharks' announcement | Team option not exercised. But Sharks want him
back. Plan to talk more in early July. Rumor is that Florida is looking at signing Graves. |
| 6/30 | Jonathan Cheechoo, Rob Davison, Jesse Fibiger, Scott Hannan, Miikka Kiprusoff*, Patrick Marleau*, Alyn McCauley*, Robert Mulick, Mark Smith*, Marco Sturm* and Miroslav Zalesak | Sharks' announcement | Qualifying offers made; * = arbitration rights |
| 6/30 | John Jakopin, Eric LaPlante, Graig Mischler and Marc Kielkucki | Sharks' announcement | No qualifying offers made; become free agents Update: John Jakopin signs with New York Rangers organization. Graig Mischler signs with ECHL Reading Royals. Eric LaPlante is playing with ECHL Long Beach Ice Dogs. |
| 6/30 | Tavis Hansen, Ryan Kraft, Jeff Nelson and Scott Thomas | Sharks' announcement | (More than three years pro experience, over 25, less than 80 games) No qualifying offers made; become free agents (Group VI). Update: Ryan Kraft signs with New York Islanders' organization. Tavis Hansen re-signs with Sharks. Jeff Nelson signs with New York Rangers organization. |
| 6/30 | Pat Rissmiller and Yuri Moscevsky | Sharks' announcement | Team options exercised (now NHL-AHL "two-way" contracts rather than AHL "only" contracts). |
| 6/30 | Mark Messier | Sharks' announcement | Sharks received the rights to Mark Messier for "future considerations." Sharks have no plans to sign. |
| 7/3 | Teemu Selanne | Sharks' announcement | Signs with Colorado Avalanche. (This will result in compensatory pick in 2004 draft.) |
| 7/8 | Tavis Hansen | Sharks' announcement | Re-signs (as free agent) |
| 7/11 | Patrick Marleau | Sharks' annoucement | Two year contract signed. |
| 7/11 | Marcel Goc | Sharks' annoucement | Entry level contract signed. |
| 7/11 | Rob Davison | Sharks' annoucement | Re-signed. |
| 7/15 | Miikka Kiprusoff | Sharks' announcement | Re-signed; AP reports this is a one year contract. |
| 7/15 | Alyn McCauley | Sharks' announcement | Re-signed; AP reports this is a three year contract. |
| 7/15 | Miroslav Zalesak | Sharks' announcement | Re-signed; AP reports this is a one year contract. |
| 7/15 | Mark Smith | Sharks' announcement | Re-signed; Mercury News reports this is a one year contract. |
| 7/15 | Marco Sturm | Sharks' announcement | Re-signed; Mercury News reports this is a two year contract. |
| 7/16 | Adam Graves | Sharks' announcement | Contract offered. |
| 7/25 | Jonathan Cheechoo | Sharks' announcement | Re-signed. |
| 8/12 | Jesse Fibiger, Robert Mulick | Sharks' announcement | Re-sgined. |
| 8/12 | Nils Ekman | Sharks' announcement | Trade with New York Rangers, for Chad Wiseman. |
| 8/18 | Milan Michalek | Sharks' announcement | Entry contract signed |
| 8/19 | Nolan Schaefer | Sharks' announcement | Entry contract signed |
| 8/27 | Scott Hannan | Sharks' announcement | Re-signed |
| 8/28 | Jon DiSalvatore | Sharks' announcement | Entry contract signed |
| 8/28 | Greg Labenski | Barons' announcement | AHL contract signed (was a PTO call up numerous times last season for the Barons). |
| 9/5 | Mark Messier | Signed with Rangers (which means there will be a compensatory pick heading the Sharks' way, in exchange for "future considerations") | |
| 9/7 | Adam Graves | In comments from Chronicle and Mercury News, he indicates that contract negotiations were not successful and he will not be returning to the organization.
Later, it was commented in the NY Post that Harvey was attempted to be traded to provide salary room for Graves, but unsuccessfully. Graves retired in early 2004. |
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| 9/10 | Mark Concannon, Kris Newbury | Sharks' announcement | Released from training camp. As they were not under contract, they are now free agents.
Update: Mark Concannon signed with ECHL Cincinnati Cyclones. Kris Newbury signed with AHL St John Maple Leafs. |
| 9/10 | Clayton Stoner | Sharks' announcement | TO player released |
| 9/16 | Geoff Platt, Tyler Hanchuck | TO players released | |
| 9/16? | Glenn Olson | TO Player signed to contract with Sharks. Sent back to junior team. | |
| 9/23 | Nick Bootland | UHL-AHL contract signed (was a PTO call up numerous times last season for the Barons). | |
| 10/18 | Garrett Stafford | Barons sign college grad (PTO). Stats Sharks saw him at El Segundo Rookie camp and signed him after he was released from LA Kings who invited him. (He also was at the Dallas Stars training camp and released.) | |
| 10/30 | Dan Watson | UHL-AHL contract. Played part of last season with Cleveland as load from CBJ. Started season with AHL Providence. | |
| 11/13 | Scott Thornton | Sharks announcement | Two year contract extension signed. |
| 11/16 | Miikka Kiprusoff | Sharks announcement | Traded to Calgary Flames for 2005 draft pick (conditional 2nd/3rd round pick, based on minutes played) |
| 12/9 | Garrett Stafford | Sharks announcement | Signed by Sharks (two-way contract). |