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Mark Leach

Maple Leafs Hire Mark Leach As Director Of Amateur Scouting

July 18, 2024 at 4:09 pm CDT | by Gabriel Foley 3 Comments

The Toronto Maple Leafs have hired Mark Leach as their Director of Amateur Scouting. Leach fills the role left vacant by Wes Clark, who has moved to a Vice President and Director of Player Personnel role with the Pittsburgh Penguins, reuniting with general manager Kyle Dubas.

This will mark the first director position of Leach’s storied career, which kicked off with an amateur scouting role with the Detroit Red Wings in 1996. He quickly settled into a Red Wings scouting room soon to become legendary, supporting the selections of all-time draft steals Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk alongside HÃ¥kan Andersson. Late steals quickly became a calling card of Leach’s career, as he pushed the Wings to pursue Jimmy Howard, Johan Franzen, and Justin Abdelkader. The quintet would step up as cornerstones of Detroit’s lineup across the early 2010s, though Leach would move on to an amateur scouting role with the Dallas Stars in 2013.

The legend followed Leach south, quickly pushing him into a prominent role with the Stars. He recalled the franchise-defining 2017 Draft class to Saad Yousuf of The Athletic, sharing the hands-on role he played in the team’s selection of Miro Heiskanen, Jason Robertson, and Jake Oettinger. Like his successes in Detroit, that trio now defines the Stars lineup – though they’ve received plenty of help from other draft steals, like Wyatt Johnston, Logan Stankoven, and Mavrik Bourque.

No scout will ever take too much credit for what’s ultimately a team decision, but Leach’s draft reputation far and away proceeds him. He’ll step into the most influential role of his career with a Maple Leafs team in need of some draft support after the departures of top prospect minds Dubas and Clark. The Leafs have earned praise for the selection of Easton Cowan, Fraser Minten, and Dennis Hildeby in recent years, though only two of their 38 selections since 2019 – Matthew Knies and Nicholas Robertson – have played in 15 or more NHL games. Amid a year of changes across the organization, redefining their draft approach to match Leach’s keen eye will be among Toronto’s top priorities.

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