from Sean Fitz-Gerald of The Athletic,

McGuire was a surprise addition to Sportsnet’s coverage of the draft in Montreal, announced as part of a press release issued two days before the first pick was to be announced. Until early May, he had been senior vice president of player development with the Ottawa Senators.

The team fired him, only 10 months after it had hired him.

He said Sportsnet called two days after his dismissal. McGuire said he took some time: “Because I had to come up with an agreement with the Senators in order to be able to move.”

McGuire was on set for the entirety of Sportsnet’s first-round coverage on Thursday, working alongside host David Amber and analyst Sam Cosentino and former NHL scout Jason Bukala. He is due to return to the air on July 13 — from Toronto — for the opening of NHL free agency.

“It’s great, because hockey means so much here,” said McGuire. “The people that I worked with at TSN were great. The people that I work with at Sportsnet, they’re so intense, they love hockey.”

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