One of Bill Guerin’s roles was the general manager of the AHL Penguins out in Wilkes-Barre. With Guerin now in his new job as general manager of the Minnesota Wild, Pittsburgh obviously had to fill that old role. They didn’t look far tabbing current AHL head coach Mike Velucci to also be the AHL GM.
From Velucci’s comments on Thursday, it sounds like the gig is coming more out of need than future professional aspiration.
“I came here as a coach,” Vellucci said. “I came to work for Billy.