Evan Gold might be the next name to join the Toronto Maple Leafs front office.
Chris McCluskey reported this week that hints over the weekend point toward Gold departing Boston's front office to join Toronto's organization instead.
Gold was reportedly in the mix for Boston's own GM opening before that search wrapped up, giving him real front-office experience at a senior level already, which only adds to his appeal.
McCluskey noted he wasn't fully sold on Gold as a GM candidate after watching a few interviews, calling him reserved and hard to read from limited footage.
What stands out more is the pattern here. Toronto's own GM search has already produced several hires well beyond the actual job itself.
McCluskey laid it all out directly in his post, connecting the dots between Toronto's search process and its recent staffing moves.
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Why Toronto's GM search keeps producing new hires
Mike Sullivan interviewed for a role during that search and now runs the Toronto Marlies, while reports have Jay Gruden landing as a Leafs assistant coach.
Daniel Alfredsson also interviewed during the same process and has since moved into an associate head coach role within the organization.
If Gold lands in Toronto next, that's a fourth name pulled from one search process, suggesting the front office genuinely liked what it heard from him.
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John Chayka wouldn't have had direct insight into those interview rooms, so any lead on Gold likely traveled through the search firm or someone higher up the chain.
New coach Jim Hiller now watches a front office quietly stacking up with names from a search that technically didn't land him the top job.
Nothing here is confirmed yet. But four hires out of one search process is not a coincidence, it's a pattern Toronto seems happy to keep repeating.
Would Evan Gold joining the Maple Leafs front office be a smart hire?
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