The Leafs have hired London Knights director of scouting and longtime OHL executive and coach Lindsay Hofford in a front office role to scout the OHL.
Hofford, who has worked with Leafs executive Mark Hunter through the London Knights for a decade, signed his contract this morning after continued discussions with Hunter and Leafs brass since Hunter was hired in October.
Hofford will step away from his other commitments to join the Leafs amateur scouting department full-time.
"Working for Mark Hunter over parts of the last ten years obviously we have our relationship there and that was behind the whole thing," Lindsay said in a phone interview Tuesday evening, adding that he'd be primarily covering Ontario.