San Jose Sharks Milestones

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How the San Jose Sharks history timeline works

In the Sharks deck, every card is a franchise milestone with a short line under its title, and you sort them by the year they happened. You begin with one card on the timeline and its year showing. Each new card goes into the gap you pick. If you're right, the year is revealed and it stays. If you're wrong, it moves to its true position and costs you one of three lives.

San Jose spent years as one of the league's most consistent teams without ever winning it all, so expect a lot of division titles, deep spring runs and individual trophies. Big trades bring stars in throughout the deck. The playoff runs blur together, and the descriptions, which often name the opponent, are the best way to tell an early run from a later one. A few painful collapses sit among the highs.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

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Here are 23 of the 23 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Joined the NHL as an expansion team The Gund brothers launched the league's first Sharks, playing early games at the Cow Palace
Moved into the 'Shark Tank' The team opened its new downtown San Jose arena
First playoff berth ends in a stunning upset As an eighth seed they knocked off the top-seeded Red Wings
Hosted the All-Star Game and drafted Patrick Marleau Owen Nolan's 'called shot' dazzled the home crowd; Marleau went second overall
Acquired Teemu Selanne A deadline deal brought the Finnish Flash down the coast from Anaheim
Won their first division title They captured the Pacific for the first time in franchise history
Reached the West Final against Calgary Their deep run ended against the Cinderella Calgary Flames
Acquired Joe Thornton A blockbuster in-season trade with Boston reshaped the franchise
Joe Thornton wins the Hart and Art Ross In his first full season in teal he was named league MVP and scoring champion
Acquired Dan Boyle A trade with Tampa Bay landed the offensive defenseman as Todd McLellan took over behind the bench
Won the Presidents' Trophy A franchise-record 117 points was followed by a shocking first-round exit to Anaheim
Reached the Conference Final Their run ended against the eventual champion Blackhawks
Back to the Conference Final Newly acquired Brent Burns couldn't stop a series loss to Vancouver
Tomas Hertl's four-goal night The rookie's between-the-legs goal went viral early in the season
Historic collapse against the Kings They blew a three-games-to-none series lead and lost in seven
Missed the playoffs, ending a long streak A rare postseason absence prompted the hiring of coach Peter DeBoer
First trip to the Stanley Cup Final Led by Pavelski and Couture, they fell to Pittsburgh in six
Brent Burns wins the Norris Trophy The bearded blueliner was named the league's top defenseman
Acquired Erik Karlsson A blockbuster trade brought the star defenseman from Ottawa
Reached the West Final against St. Louis A wild comeback over Vegas and a controversial hand-pass fueled the run before a loss to St. Louis
Patrick Marleau passes Gordie Howe The returning veteran played his record-setting 1,768th NHL game
Erik Karlsson wins the Norris Trophy He became the first defenseman in decades to reach 100 points in a season
Drafted Macklin Celebrini first overall After a franchise-worst season they won the lottery and took the top prospect