Doug Wilson
Doug Wilson
Former NHL defenseman who became the San Jose Sharks' general manager after retiring.
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth5 July 1957
battling beat teams
I think it's the way it should be. If you get in, you have to beat the teams you're battling with and that's exciting. It should be in our own hands.
gives good josh players playing rule talk
Josh didn't do anything wrong, but this gives us some flexibility on our roster. This is the way the waiver rule should work. Players like that should be playing in this league. We had a good talk this morning.
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I think the skill that he has, either you have it or you don't have it. He's a winner and we're pretty excited to have him in here. It's nice to have a player of that caliber coming in, and that quality of a kid, too. He's not unknown to us. He's been around our guys, and our coaches know him very well.
bathroom spectator
Going to the bathroom is not a spectator sport.
airplane nice stay travel wants
Really, travel is not what it used to be, ... At the end of an airplane trip, everyone wants to stay at a nice hotel.
goal momentum regain
Our No. 1 goal is one thing, just regain the momentum we had when we finished. That I think we've done. And now it's the application.
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He had a tremendous impact on my life on many aspects of it, so it was very difficult, ... He was my defense partner, my roommate, my coach when I had my best year and then I worked at Coca-Cola with him for 10 years. So both personally and professionally he's had a profound influence on my life and it's tough to see his family going through this.
czech hockey including junior levels national north playing ready republic several successful team transition
He has been successful with his experiences at several levels of play, including playing for the Czech National Team and representing the Czech Republic in the World Junior and World Championship tournaments. We feel he is ready to make the transition to professional hockey in North America.
additional alex creates family ice milan opportunity players respect time
This was not unexpected, and I respect Alex for making this family decision. This creates the opportunity for additional ice time for players like Marco Sturm , Niko Dimitrakos and Milan Michalek .
alex family respect unexpected
This was not unexpected and I respect Alex for making this family decision,
bus ken remember riding
I remember riding the same bus when Ken Williamson played.
painful people room sitting sorry volatile
I know it's a very volatile and painful experience. I'm sorry the people sitting in this room are the ones affected.
bay cup stanley tampa win
I know in our sport, ... you can win a Stanley Cup by doing what we're doing. Tampa Bay just did it.
leadership physical present skating taken team
He's an important part of this team in the present and the future, not only with his skating and physical presence, but he's taken on a leadership role,