Now the 62-year-old is in his fourth season as senior adviser to Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin, whom he acquired as a player in 2008-09 and hired as a development coach in 2011-12 in Pittsburgh.

He elected to hire Garth Snow, his backup netminder (3.72 GAA, .886 SV% in 2005-06), to replace Smith. Tom Szczerbowski-Imagn Images Outside of earning a master's degree in Administration and a ...