Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Babban mahimmin motsi da San Jose ya yi a cikin lokacin hutun shekara ta 2011 shi ne musayar shahararren dan wasan winger (kuma tsohon zagaye na farko) Devin Setoguchi, Sharks '2010 zagaye na farko Charlie Coyle da zagaye na farko a cikin 2011 NHL Draft
zuwa Minnesota Wild ga All-Star mai kare Brent Burns da kuma zagaye na biyu a cikin 2012 Draft. Wannan ya zo ne bayan da Setoguchi ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar tsawaita shekaru uku, dala miliyan 9 tare da Sharks. Sharks sun ci gaba da sake fasalin su ta hanyar shirya ma'amala ta biyu tare da Wild, suna jigilar Dany Heatley zuwa Minnesota don musayar Martin Havlat, duka don sauƙaƙe sararin samaniya kamar yadda aka tsara Heatley don ɗaukar murfin da ya kai dala miliyan 2.5 fiye da na Havlat na tsawon lokacin kwangilarsu da kuma samun ɗan wasa a Havlat tare da tarihin samar da wasan kwaikwayo a kan Heatley, wanda lambobin sa na bayan kakar wasa tare da Sharks sun kasance ƙasa da tauraro <unk> mai gaba ya sami nasarar zira kwallaye biyar kawai a wasanni 32 na wasan kwaikwayo a cikin shekaru biyu tare da San Jose.