Wild officially name Bill Guerin their new general manager

Better late than never.

The Minnesota Wild have finally found their guy, announcing on Wednesday that they have officially hired former NHL forward Bill Geurin as their new general manager.

The move comes more than three weeks after they abruptly fired Paul Fenton midway through the offseason on July 30. He had only served as GM for one season before being axed.

Guerin, 48, had been in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ front office since 2011. He started off as a player development coach before being promoted to assistant general manager under Jim Rutherford in 2014. He had held that position until today’s announcement.

The Worcester, Massachusetts native, who was selected fifth overall in the 1989 NHL Draft, had amassed 429 goals and 427 assists split between eight different teams over a span 18 seasons before calling it quits after the 2009/2010 season.