Hockey hall of famer Mark Recchi fired by the Blue Jackets
The Columbus Blue Jackets appear to be shaking up their coaching staff heading into next season as they just announced assistant coach Mark Recchi was let go.
Athletic reporter Aaron Portzline announced the news on his X account this afternoon. He revealed that the hockey hall of fame forward will ot be asked to return to the Blue Jackets when training camps kick off next month.
It seems as though Reechi came into a bad situation and got the worst of it more than anything else. After all, he was brought in at the last minute last year after the team fired Mike Babcock before he even coached a single game for the team.
Then he went through a year of hockey where his team was miserably bad and was rewarded for it by losing his job. That's a pretty rough year! According to Portzline, fellow assistant coach Steve McCarthy, who was brought in at the same time as Reechi, will be staying with the team.
Even if coaching does not work out for Recchi in the long-run, he will always have his playing career to be happy for. He was underrated and one of the best players of his generation, putting up more than 1500 career points and winning three Stanley Cups, all with different teams. He had 577 career goals and 956 assists in 1652 games played.
Source: HockeyReference
Mark Recchi Career Statistics
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| No | 72 | 27.6 % |
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