You’ve got me on back-to-back Fridays, I know, I’m sorry. Five thoughts for this week!
McGuire’s tenure
Pierre McGuire was fired on Monday just 10 months after being hired by Eugene Melnyk:
It was another strange and very short-lived front office tenure in the Ottawa Senators organization. McGuire’s official position was Vice President of Player Development, but I don’t think anyone actually knows what he did and what moves he had an influence on (if any). We can speculate, but the truth is we really have no idea. What’s fascinating is that the man who hadn’t worked in the NHL since 1996 seemed like he could legitimately (and frighteningly) be the next GM of the Senators, which would have most…
