While the Leafs have had a lot of amateur scouts, the pro scouting ranks were a little thin, relatively speaking, so adding two more pro scouts was not a big surprise. Who they are is.
Rick Olczyk has a long and interesting executive career that brings him, at 48, to the Leafs with a resume similar to Kyle Dubas’s AGM Laurence Gilman.
Rick Olczyk started out life playing hockey in Chicago like his older brother Ed Olczyk. He even spent a year in Canada living with the same billet family that helped shape Ed’s career as a junior, and is listed on the team site of the Stratford Warriors as an alumnus of the team.