The Penguins have named Doug Wilson as Senior Advisor of Hockey Operations.
In his role, Wilson will provide counsel, opinions, and expertise to hockey operations leadership on all matters including personnel decisions.
#pens announce longtime #sjsharks GM and Hockey Hall of Famer Doug Wilson has been hired as senior advisor to Kyle Dubas and hockey operations.
Kyle Dubas was quoted on his hiring of Wilson:
"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. 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." - Kyle Dubas
With Wilson's experience building the Sharks' contending teams, he knows what types of players to target and how to ensure everybody stays happy.
He will now look to help the Penguins in their quest for the cup and hopefully years of successful teams to come.