On Friday, the New Jersey Devils announced that they have hired Tom Fitzgerald as an assistant general manager to Ray Shero. In this belated reaction to the news, I raise some questions about this hiring decision by Shero.
On Friday afternoon, the New Jersey Devils announced at their official website another new face to team management: Tom Fitzgerald. He's been named the Assistant General Manager to Ray Shero. As the announcement states, Fitzgerald also came from the Pittsburgh Penguins organization and served under Shero in a similar capacity. Since Shero's hiring, this is the third major hiring of personnel that he has worked with previously in Pittsburgh.