Welcome back for another edition of Links, News and Notes:
- After 19 seasons with the franchise, Doug Wilson is stepping down as General Manager of the San Jose Sharks. Wilson had been on medical leave since the start of the year, so this move was not unexpected. Wilson has something of a complicated legacy in that he was the architect of some great San Jose teams in the mid-aughts and 2010’s, but leaves the franchise in something of a precarious place with some real albatross contracts.
- It may seem like the Buffalo Sabres have been rebuilding for all of eternity, but there’s some reason to believe they may finally be turning a corner; Owen Power, the first overall selection in 2021, will make his debut on Tuesday.