The biggest news of the week obviously came in the form of the Senators’ hiring of Pierre McGuire. In an exclusive interview given to Postmedia’s Bruce Garrioch, owner Eugene Melnyk raved about the team’s new senior vice-president of player development, and made some confident claims about the team’s immediate future.
It’s funny, I don’t think this was something that anyone was expecting. Even Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman - one of hockey’s biggest insiders - told The Wally and Methot Show that he hadn’t even heard rumblings of such a move, showing just how far out of left field it came from.