Most observers say that Stroumboulopoulos failed because he was too friendly to young hockey fans. Maybe he wasn't friendly enough.
With none of their teams having competed in the playoffs and with the NHL draft still several days away, Canadian hockey fans had been so shut-out of their sport that the timing was perfect for some national sports-media drama.
So, cue the opening rumours, and now official news, that George Stroumboulopoulos will be replaced by Ron MacLean as host of Rogers' national hockey TV broadcast next season.
As the observers started to weigh-in, pretty much all of the expected assessments were advanced.