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Penguins hire means fans can't escape Pierre McGuire

The Penguins added a familiar NBC face to their radio broadcast earlier this week and now fans will not be able to escape him.
ByTyler Miller|
Feb 11, 2015; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; NBC network hockey analyst Pierre McGuire (left) shakes hand with Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby (87) after the Penguins defeated the Detroit Red Wings at the CONSOL Energy Center. The Penguins won 4-1. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images
Feb 11, 2015; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; NBC network hockey analyst Pierre McGuire (left) shakes hand with Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby (87) after the Penguins defeated the Detroit Red Wings at the CONSOL Energy Center. The Penguins won 4-1. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images | Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images

The Penguins announced on Wednesday that a familiar NHL on NBC between the boards broadcaster, was joining their radio team. The Penguins have hired Pierre McGuire to help with pregame and postgame coverage and should be an interesting add.

The season lasts 82 games, but McGuire will only be around to help out with half of them and appear on Penguins radio for 41. Penguins fans will not necessarily be happy with this as when McGuire used to be on NBC and NBCSN broadcasts he would constantly call Kris Letang "Kristopher" and it would make Penguins fans irate.

So having McGuire back in some sort of capacity for the Penguins, should not necessarily put fans in the best mood. Yes, most fans likely watch on TV versus the radio, but the Penguins have one of the best radio crews in all of hockey. So fans that tune into the radio, should hear plenty of McGuire.

McGuire could be a better radio analyst than anticipated

McGuire has been away from the hockey broadcasting world for years now. But that does not mean that he was ever going to stay away from what he got himself famous for.

McGuire might end up being a better radio broadcaster than any hockey fan or Penguins fan could be hoping for. Yes, the hopes could be on the ground as he got annoying to listen to after a while when he was with NBC. But he definitely deserves a shot when he starts his new role soon when the season gets underway.

McGuire gets to join a Penguins great as Paul Steigerwald used to do TV for the Penguins a long time ago before he transitioned to their radio broadcasts. So McGuire will definitely be learning from one of the best in the business. Steigy as Penguins fans call him, will teach McGuire all he needs to know and make sure he does well in pregame and postgame broadcasts.

Penguins fans and hockey fans around the world, need to give McGuire a chance to prove himself. He used to be that annoying guy on TV for the NBC broadcasts, but the radio is a different rodeo and a way different story.

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