«Seriously what the hell is going on in Ottawa," asked MacLean on Sportsnet 590. "Ottawa ends on a real high last year... and the owner brings McGuire in there, are you kidding me?"
MacLean was clearly against the transfer from the start, but things became worse when he attacked McGuire's media antics. MacLean quickly pointed out that McGuire was merely talking to every media outlet possible, before mockingly pointing out his team's difficulties.
"And all of a sudden now where is McGuire?" asked MacLean. "I read every day he was doing articles two months ago and all of a sudden he has disappeared. He's Waldo in the hockey world right now. He has disappeared off the face of the earth when they haven't been winning games. I can't believe it's a great working environment with McGuire, Dorion and Eugene right now."