The Penguins have added another member to the front office and he has many years of experience. He is also the person who traded for Erik Karlsson when he was working as San Jose's general manager.
In his role, Wilson will provide counsel, opinions and expertise to hockey operations leadership on all matters including personnel decisions. He will join the team at home and on the road at various points during the season and offseason, and will provide guidance and mentorship to all levels of hockey operations.
“Doug brings over 40 years of NHL experience to our program. Over 16 years from his Hall-of-Fame playing career and over 25 seasons building consistent contending teams as the leader of the San Jose Sharks hockey operations department,” said Dubas. “Doug will serve as a source of both experience and wisdom to our entire hockey operations department. His ability to maintain high standards of performance and professionalism over two decades with Sharks is the type of consistency we all aspire to these positions. Doug will provide me and our entire program with a great resource and tremendous benefit as we get rolling. I am excited to add Doug to our management team today.”
Doug Wilson did a solid job in San Jose despite the fact they never quite crossed the finish line as Stanley Cup champions. The Sharks were highly competitive for a long time and had significant star power over the years, not unlike the Penguins.
While I wouldn't necessarily want Wilson as the GM I do think there's value in someone like Dubas adding his voice overall. This is Dubas' show and there aren't going to be any power struggles. Wilson can fill in the blanks and be a useful resource for Dubas. Ultimately it will be Dubas' decisions to be made.
Dubas needs to fill out the front office and this is a step in that direction.
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