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Who is Laurence Gilman?

The official bio for Laurence Gilman, the Toronto Maple Leafs new AGM, lists all the stats, just like for a player. He even has an Elite Prospects page.

He’s from Winnipeg, graduated law school in North Dakota, started his NHL career with the Jets (original recipe) soon after that. He first shows up in a management job with the Phoenix Coyotes in 1998. He was with the Vancouver Canucks from 2008 to 2015, and he helped the NHL design and implement the expansion draft process that brought the Vegas Golden Knights into existence.

And then for the past year, he’s been a radio analyst on TSN in Vancouver, and it’s in those conversations where we can find out more about the man than how old he is (53) or if he ever played in the NHL (he didn’t).