Pierre Mcguire is probably the most well known man around the hockey world in North America. He writes his in the crease blurb in the inside NHL portion on Sports Illustrated. He won the cup as an assistant coach with the Penguins in their back to back years in 1991 and in 1992 and briefly coached the Hartford Whalers back for the 1993-1994 season. As well he did colour work for 5 years along with play by play guy Dino Sisto on CJAD 800 radio for local coverage of Montreal Canadiens games. Since then he has been the colour commentator and providing information on special hockey events such as the entry draft, Trade Deadline Day and Free Agent Frenzy for Canada's Sports Leader TSN and still doing color commentating for NBC and Versus. While he will still provide his thoughts for the entry draft and Free Agent frenzy on Canada's Sports Leader, he will only being doing color work for the stations down south because he wants to spend more time with his family as he would be on the road for 230 days a year providing his knowledge for the game of hockey.
While Darren Pang seems like the odds on replacement for being the lead colour guy since he is a part time analyst for TSN and is the colour guy for St.Louis Blues games, TSN should take a strong look at hiring Drew Remenda. The Saskatoon, Saskatchewan native has been the lead color guy for two seperate stints for the San Jose Sharks games with play by play guy Randy Hahn and working one season on Hockey Night in Canada on the CBC for which he was paired up with Jim Hughson who at the time would call the second game of the doubleheaders.
While Remenda would be a good fit for TSN, trying to lure him away from CSN Bay Area would be a hard task because he is the most beloved figures on the network. If TSN tries to go after him and he does choose to leave CSN Bay Area, they would be making the best decision in its almost 27 year history since hiring Chris Cuthbert in the spring of 2005 after he was fired from the CBC.
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