Re: Senators fire DJ Smith: Martin named interim HC
And the assistant coach Davis Payne fired.
It's actually pretty interesting they chose now to fire him.
They are in the middle of a road trip, and need to travel to Arizona and Colorado this week. And back in Ottawa for the 23rd, then in Toronto on the 27th for their first game post Christmas. I've always understood teams prefer to fire a coach while at home so he can remove his stuff that day and it's less disruptive for the team. They chose, the middle of a road trip lol. Such an Ottawa move somehow.
He deserved to be fired, even weeks ago. But a week+ ago when they were in the middle of a homestand was the better time to do it. Not when you now make your ex-employee fly across the country to empty their desk.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll