As the Capitals continue their mediocre play, the team’s GM, Brian MacLellan, was up in Montreal for the NHL’s Centennial celebrations.
The NHL was officially founded on November 26, 1917 at Montreal’s Windsor Hotel. The NHL’s 31 GM’s all met there and took a photo together this morning during one of their yearly meetings.
It was a cool moment. Check out who MacLellan was sitting by.
NHL general managers are meeting at the Windsor in Montreal, site of the League’s founding in November 1917. #NHL100 pic.twitter.com/KjsMP959v4
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 17, 2017
I’m going to need to enhance that right quadrant.
Ah, yes! His former mentor George McPhee (who fleeced the Capitals of Nate Schmidt).
In 2014, MacLellan replaced McPhee after serving seven years as the team’s assistant general manager, player personnel.
The seating arrangement was alphabetical by each team’s city name (Vegas, Washington), but this is so oddly appropriate.
At the old/former Windsor hotel where the NHL was formed 100 years ago. GMs meeting in the ball room on the right pic.twitter.com/5V9OpLfW3n
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) November 17, 2017
After the meeting concluded, the general managers participated in a celebration of the centennial.
David Poile, the NHL's longest-serving GM, speaking at the centennial event on behalf of the 30 other GMs pic.twitter.com/YPvM0q26Ne
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) November 17, 2017
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is joined by six @HockeyHallFame players at today’s Centennial plaque unveiling at Le Windsor, where league was founded Nov. 26, 1917: Savard, Cournoyer, Mahovlich, Bourque, Gilbert, Keon pic.twitter.com/D5tuXoarjD
— Dave Stubbs (@Dave_Stubbs) November 17, 2017
Plaque unveiled to commemorate the NHL's founding in this building 100 years ago pic.twitter.com/eS3lopukm5
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) November 17, 2017
The league's 31 GMs or as many as my BlackBerry camera could fit in pic.twitter.com/n6pWxO4pNT
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) November 17, 2017
The night before many of the general managers attended the Canadiens game together.
21 general managers are at the game tonight. GM meeting is tomorrow in Montreal. #tvasports
— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) November 17, 2017
S/T to Isabelle Khurshudyan for first noticing.
