SAN JOSE — When general manager Doug Wilson declared last month that the Sharks were in a rebuild phase, the 72 hours leading up to Friday night’s NHL draft seemed to be the ideal time for a major trade — maybe even one involving Joe Thornton or Patrick Marleau.

Now, every signal indicates that won’t be happening.

For one thing, Thornton and Marleau have shown no intention of waiving clauses in their contracts that prevent Wilson from moving them at any time against their wishes. For another, Wilson says he is not in any hurry for events to play themselves out because he has seven picks in this week’s draft and nine more in 2015.

“When you’re in the rebuild, there’s no panic or rush,” the general manager said in his annual pre-draft session with reporters. “You do things at the right time. If we didn’t have picks this year I’d be rushing to maybe get some picks. But we have the full complement.”

Not that there haven’t been plenty of trade possibilities brought up in the past two weeks.

ESPN hockey reporter Pierre LeBrun said the Detroit Red Wings have contacted Wilson to discuss Thornton. The Toronto Maple Leafs, according to a Toronto Sun report, are one of six teams calling the Sharks about their captain. There even has been speculation that Thornton would be a good fit on the New York Rangers, and at one point there was talk — later shot down — of a trade back to the Boston Bruins.

But Thornton, through his agent-brother John Thornton, has let it be known he has no interest in leaving San Jose after signing a three-year, $20.25 million contract extension in January. Maybe he would re-think that position if he felt fans wanted him to leave, his brother said two weeks ago, but so far there’s been no groundswell for that.

Marleau, who signed his three-year, $20 million extension at the same time as Thornton, hasn’t been in the same spotlight.

And until this week, he hadn’t talked about his situation. But while in Las Vegas for Tuesday night’s NHL awards as a finalist for the Lady Byng Trophy, Marleau told Yahoo!Sports that he hasn’t given any thought to approving a trade and intends to stay where he is.

“I want to play in San Jose,” Marleau said. “I want to win there.”

Marleau recognizes things won’t be the same after the Sharks blew a 3-0 series lead and were eliminated by the Los Angeles Kings in the first round of the playoffs.

“Something has to change,” Marleau said. “I think that’s what [the executives and coaches are] doing right now. They’re looking at every little thing to try to find the right thing. It’s going to be hard to figure out what exact thing it was that set it off. I mean, obviously we lose the way we did, but we lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champions, too.”

Wilson has never mentioned Thornton or Marleau, both 35, by name as players he is looking to trade.

But he has stressed that greater responsibility on and off the ice is being given to the next generation. And that he has told veterans that San Jose may no longer be a good fit for them as the team takes one step backward now to take two steps forward in the future.

The general manager added a slightly different look at the situation during an appearance on NHL Network last week, saying he heard from players that the Sharks were more like co-workers than teammates — an important distinction in hockey — and that needs to be fixed.

Whatever trades Wilson may make, he said in his pre-draft session, won’t bring in veteran NHL players who could provide immediate help.

“We’re building for the future,” the general manager said. “With any players that we might move, you can get picks for next year or you can get prospects that you can use as assets to acquire players at the right time, too.”