Doug Wilson
Doug Wilson
Former NHL defenseman who became the San Jose Sharks' general manager after retiring.
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth5 July 1957
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There's always a transition period. We've played pretty well for a while. Unfortunately we put ourselves in a bit of a hole earlier in the year and now we're just trying to play up to our capabilities and see where it leads us.
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This creates the opportunity for additional ice time for players like Marco Sturm, Niko Dimitrakos and Milan Michalek,
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This is too good a group to not be in the playoffs. To take a step backward would have been really difficult.
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It would give us some flexibility to bring somebody up, give us options. Josh is a versatile player, but moving forward we want the flexibility.
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The bottom line is we're here to win hockey games. I'll put our goaltending up against any team in the league. This gives us a lot of strength moving towards the end of the season where we have a lot of games to play.
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We're trying to put all the pieces together to win a Stanley Cup. The thing that excites me is to get a guy who has accomplished what he's accomplished, I think his best hockey is ahead of him.
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She's a really nice lady, and she's a really talented coach. She was great with the kids, the best assistant I had in my eight seasons at Brown.
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Obviously you'd like to coach a team like that, ... Everybody has their plates full right now with their own team, so I have no idea what anybody is doing. That is the farthest thing from my mind. But I sometimes think that winning the last World Cup didn't count for anything. I've coached a lot more games than most of the guys whose names I've read are being considered.
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The primary objective is to take care of your core group. We don't change how we've operated for the last couple of years. We certainly like where a lot of our own players are at, and it's an exciting time for this group.
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Niko is another highly skilled player who has shown he has the tools to flourish under the League's new rules, ... He has continued to improve his play each year and we look forward to him taking the next step in his development during the coming season.
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This story has been written with different players - the names are now changed - over the last 10 years, ... There's more use of tissue today because orthopedic and neurosurgery are increasing because baby boomers are getting older. They want to remain active and golf and play tennis and jog five miles and keep their cholesterol levels down.
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Finding the right place to drill was probably key to our success.
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We are excited to have Milan join the Sharks organization and look forward to having him in training camp. There is a reason we selected Milan at sixth overall in this year's draft.
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Two things really impressed me, ... The coaches had great structure. And the fitness level of the players allowed us to get a real high tempo right away.