Longtime NHL and AHL forward Matt Moulson has joined the Toronto Maple Leafs as a pro scout, per the team’s website. The move to scouting signals that Moulson has retired from hockey after a 16-year professional career that included 605 NHL games.
Moulson hasn’t played in the NHL since 2017-18 with the Buffalo Sabres, but he’s been floating around the AHL with the Ontario Reign and Hershey Bears since then, maintaining a solid professional career, although falling short of a Calder Cup. A three-time 30-goal scorer, Moulson did his best work with the New York Islanders alongside current Maple Leafs captain John Tavares.
The point production burnt out quickly after turning 30, though, notching no more than 14 goals or 41 points in a season during his four NHL seasons spent in Buffalo after departing the Islanders during the 2013-14 season. Waived and loaned to Ontario in 2017-18, Moulson made a home for himself tutoring youngsters in the minors, aiding both Los Angeles’ and Washington’s development systems along the way.
Moulson finished a strong AHL career with 424 games played, 159 goals, and 350 points, including a trio of seasons spent with the Manchester Monarchs early in his career, back when he was the property of the Kings in the mid-2000s. Now 38, Moulson will make a swift transition to scouting with the Leafs.
Now there’s a guy I forgot existed.
To many cooks In the kitchen, Inflated management payroll, To many picassos, Not enough house painters.
Wilf, you are babbling aimlessly. Again. Had you the ability to get past the headline, you would know that he has been hired to be a scout. Although your ability to pretend to have all the answers is amusing, you are generally answering the wrong question.
He did the work in Ontario. Never heard a negative word reported about him
As a general rule hockey guys are the humblest of the major NA sports athletes.
Good job and good career. Above average career arc. Not special by historical standards. But anyone of us would have considered that career a pure dream. Lol.
When Ray Shero took over the Pens GM job in 2006, he let a lot of Craig Patrick’s recent draft picks walk rather than lock themselves into contracts with players they didn’t know much about. These included…
Matt Moulson
Chad Johnson
Jake Muzzin
Ooops. Two high end players and a serviceable backup.
What a mess.
Yes, the hiring of a scout is always the sign of a mess.
Jake Muzzin was drafted in 2007. Oops. Chad Johnson was drafted in 2006 by, yes, Ray Shero, then traded but not until 2010. Oops. Oh, and by 2009, two finals appearances and one Cup. Seems like the decision making worked out well.
Moulson was Golden with the Islanders!