Blue Jackets name Basil McRae director of player personnel

Basil McRae is back in the NHL.

The Columbus Blue Jackets named the former enforcer director of player personnel Wednesday.

McRae spent the last two years as part-owner, alternate governor, and general manager of the OHL's London Knights, who won the Memorial Cup in the spring.

He was a scout for the Blue Jackets in 2013-14 and spent five seasons in the same role for the St. Louis Blues before that.

McRae played 16 years in the NHL, racking up 2,453 penalty minutes and 136 points in 576 games.

The Blue Jackets made three other personnel moves Wednesday, promoting Ville Siren to head amateur scout, Chris Morehouse to assistant director of amateur scouting, and Josef Boumedienne to director of European scouting.