Recall that when Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes were hired, they both mentioned that Dominique Ducharme would be there until the end of the year and that there would be no change to this effect. They had planned to reassess the situation this summer.
In the end, you know the rest, Ducharme was fired and replaced by St-Louis, on an interim basis.
Today there was something new! The reporter for The Montreal Gazette, Stu Cowan, revealed who was really the person who called for Ducharme's dismissal.
It is therefore Jeff Gorton, who would have made this decision and who would have really been the one who chose to fire Ducharme before the end of the season. Geoff Molson listened to him.
This is further evidence of the important role played by Gorton at the decision-making level.
In the end, hard to disagree with that so far.
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