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San Jose Sharks broke up with head coach Bob Bowner and the rest of the coach staff on Friday.
Less than a week before the NHL draft starting next Thursday, the club will have a permanent general manager, John McLean and John Madden's assistant coaches and assistant coach / video Dandarou. There is no coach who was done. ..
Doug Wilson, who took on the role of general manager in 2003, resigned in February for health reasons. Joe Will is the interim general manager.
"Under Doug Wilson's leadership, the organization is in the process of evolution in the process of finding the next general manager of the shark following the 19th season. "." States in a statement. "The bottom line is that we missed the playoffs of the last three seasons, which is unacceptable to owners, organizations and fans. As part of this evolution and evaluation, the next Sharks general manager will be coaching staff on ice. I felt it was in the club's greatest interest to be able to have full autonomy associated with the composition of the club.
"Bob for his dedication and dedication to the shark organization. Thanks to John, John and Dan. The last two years and more seasons have been very difficult on ice and on ice. Bob and his staff worked fine in very difficult situations. The change is not an indication of their performance as it is a recognition of a complete organizational reset that we feel is in the best interests of the team at this time. "
Boughner, 51. Has coached sharks for over two seasons and took over when Peter DeBoer played 33 games in the 2019-20 season. Under Buffner, the sharks were 67-85-23 and did not play off.
Boughner previously coached the Florida Panthers in two seasons (2017-19) up to the 80-62-22 mark.
Prior to the 2019-20 season, sharks played off in the previous 19 of the 21 campaigns.
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