I don't see how Hasso can blame EK65 not resigning on Wilson when they both flew out to see Karlsson before the trade. Hasso 100% signed off on that so it would make no sense to fire someone because a player they knew was a flight risk didn't resign.
If the Sharks fail it's 100% on Jones/PDB/Injuries. I can't put any of that on Wilson. Despite how everyone here thinks, I'd argue PDB is still an above average coach and was really good in the 2016 playoffs, lead us to the 2nd round with a banged up team and has us top 5 in the league again this year. I guess that's on Wilson if he coaches like a moron in the playoffs and we get destroyed but I dont see PDB being the reason we lose a series. Jones sucks this year and that contract isn't great but given who he was before the extension I can't really fault Wilson for betting on him when he did to get a lower cap hit. Imagine if Jones continued to get better and suddenly he wants 6-7m a year...you're really going to let him walk?
Wilson bought himself 3-5 years in my opinion based on the 2016 run and the team he built this year. He revamped the our scouting/drafting which everyone wanted and he got Kane/Karlsson for next to nothing.
I continue to wonder what would make people on this board happy besides a cup. You can't demand perfection...it's not a realistic ask. I'd rather be the Sharks than the Oilers/Ducks/Coyotes/ect
I'll never understand how one can somehow absolve the GM for the failings of people he chose to bring in. I'm not at this point advocating the firing of DW but even if Hasso signs off on the EK65 trade, it's still on DW if he walks. Either he paid that price knowing he would walk and convinced Hasso to do so or believed he could get it done and was wrong. That's on him still. Is it fireable? I don't think so but he has to be held to account for that. The results of the team regardless of the context still fall on the manager for some of the responsibility. It's just a matter of whether one thinks it rises to the level of dismissal. There have been times I have thought so for DW and others I don't. I don't think this one is if it plays out to where they lose to Vegas whenever and EK65 walks but I can understand the reasoning behind one believing it is especially given how long he's been here and not gotten the job done.
We can dunk on the Oilers and Ducks all we want but they at least have a Cup to their name. We can't exactly make a reasonable comparison to the Coyotes either given their resources compared to ours but if they had a Cup to their name, I'd say the same thing. A guy like DW doesn't deserve the job security he has gotten especially among the fans when he hasn't won a championship. That's his job and he's had plenty of time to accomplish it but has failed to do so.