I think that Don has lost it over the last few years, if you watch his press conferences from his days with the Bruins he was like Tortarella on steroids. Very blunt, clever, quick thinking, and humorous. That’s why they hired him for CBC.
The timing of his firing was bad and ultimately based on commercial necessity. Rogers signed a bad contract and is desperate to grow the game and increase demand for the product. They tried to do this when they replaced Ron with George but that did not really work, this is the beginning of plan B, whatever that is.
It’s not only a TV issue, all of the Canadian teams are having attendance issues, the NHL needs to attract new fans and grow, this “episode” was an excuse to bring that forward.
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