Doug Wilson says he should have found a way to keep Joe Pavelski with the San Jose Sharks.
After 18 steady seasons in the NHL, longtime San Jose Sharks forward Joe Pavelski called it a career. Pavelski spent his first 13 years with the Sharks, including four as captain and his final five seasons with the Dallas Stars.
The Sharks selected Pavelski in the seventh round of the 2003 NHL Draft. Getting a future Hall of Famer that deep in the draft is extremely rare, something former general manager Doug Wilson recently joked about.Wilson was named Sharks’ GM just before the 2003 Draft and remained the front-office leader until his brief retirement in 2022. Wilson oversaw Pavelski’s entire tenure in San Jose, including his departure to free agency in 2019.“We should have found a way to get it done,” Wilson said.
It’s never easy to see a franchise icon walk, but Pavelski wanted to compete. In their first season without Pavelski, the Sharks went from second in the Pacific Division to dead last and have not seen the playoffs since.
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