Much has been made of the personnel shuffling occurring in the Leafs front office lately, what with Mark Hunter and Lou Lamoriello leaving town just days apart. Those departures not only saw two “respected hockey men” take their talents elsewhere, it opened a number of executive positional vacancies for Kyle Dubas to fill as well.
And fill he did. On Friday, Dubas officially announced the hiring of Laurence Gilman as his new assistant general manager.
Gilman’s name isn’t one which many people associated with the Leafs front office vacancy.