Maple Leafs hire Laurence Gilman as assistant general manager

The Toronto Maple Leafs continue to rebuild their front office, as the team announced Thursday the hiring of Laurence Gilman as their new assistant general manager.

Gilman was the Vancouver Canucks' assistant GM from 2008-15. Prior to that, he worked in the Winnipeg Jets/Arizona Coyotes organization for 13 years, including a five-year stint as the assistant GM. He most recently served on the NHL's expansion draft rules and regulations committee in 2016.

With the Maple Leafs, Gilman will be the GM of the AHL's Toronto Marlies - a position previously held by current Leafs GM Kyle Dubas. He will also assist with player personnel duties and manage the club's player development department.

"Laurence provides terrific experience to our management team," said Dubas. "His 20-plus years in the NHL have seen him manage nearly every type of department in professional hockey and have success doing so."

Gilman is a highly regarded executive around the league, as he was strongly considered to be the next commissioner of the East Coast Hockey League before taking the job with Toronto, according to TSN's Darren Dreger.

After naming Dubas the new GM on May 11, the Leafs have lost two key front-office executives in Lou Lamoriello and Mark Hunter. Lamoriello fled for Long Island after being bumped from the Leafs' GM job into a senior advisor role, while Hunter and the Leafs parted ways after he was passed over for Dubas for the GM role.

On Wednesday, the Leafs also promoted Brandon Pridham to the position of assistant GM - a role he and Gilman will fill.

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