In each of the past two seasons, San Jose Sharks General Manager Doug Wilson has plucked an unknown forward from Europe who has played a fairly large role with team teal the following year.
It began with Melker Karlsson who stepped right in and played as a winger on the top line alongside Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski by the end of the 2014-15 campaign.
Then, last year saw Joonas Donskoi burst on to the scene as he was arguably the best free-agent signing for Wilson last season, and that’s really saying something considering the additions of Paul Martin and Joel Ward as well.