San Jose Sharks general manager Doug Wilson has made no secret about what he plans to do with his hockey team: rebuild.
“Everything that we do is based upon building a championship team,” he told the NHL Network in June. “And if it means taking a step backwards to do that, that’s what we’re going to do.”
Comments like that have been a constant in a largely quiet offseason in San Jose. In the course of the seven-minute interview linked above, Wilson twice used the word “rebuild” and emphasized his commitment to “turning this team over to our young guys.”
To some extent, his words have matched his actions. San Jose was largely quiet in free agency; enforcer John Scott and minor league defenceman Taylor Fedun were the team’s big gets. The Sharks also lost Dan Boyle in the offseason; he’ll be replaced internally in the form of Brent Burns, who will shift back to defence after a season spent on the wing.
There is just one problem: The vast majority of the team’s core—a core that propelled the team to 111 points and start ...
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