How do the Sharks move forward after missing out on John Tavares?

New York Islanders’ John Tavares (91) controls the puck in front of San Jose Sharks’ Joe Thornton (19) in the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)SAN JOSE — Give Doug Wilson and the Sharks some credit. They literally came within a pen stroke of achieving what only the Detroit Red Wings have managed to do over the last 30 years: undergo a heart transplant while remaining perennial contenders for the Stanley Cup.

If John Tavares had chosen the Sharks over his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs in unrestricted free agency Sunday, the Sharks would have reset their clock by a decade, passing the torch from Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau to…