The Maple Leafs are currently gearing up for a 1:00 PM press conference where it is expected they will announce that Doug Gilmour has left the organization to become the new head coach of the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League.
Rumours of Gilmour leaving the Leafs to coach his hometown team first surfaced this past summer. It is believed there may have been a little animosity at the time because once John Ferguson, Jr. was fired as the Leafs GM, Gilmour was kept in the dark for a few weeks about what his role with the organization would be.
Rather than leave this past summer, Gilmour took on the role of assistant coach for the Toronto Marlies, the Maple Leafs AHL affiliate.
Gilmour is making what he hopes to be the first step in becoming a head coach at the NHL level.
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Shane House 7 months ago
He will one day be a coach for the NHL. I know it will eventually happen.
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Tyler Hill 7 months ago
I gotta get tickets!
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Derek Harmsworth 7 months ago
haha, yeah Tyler if anything he will sell some tickets. My brother was in Kingston last weekend and caught a game. Said they were an awful team, but then again they played Belleville, who is a great team this year.
And yeah Shane you're absolutely right. And he cited that in the press conference. He wished everyone in Leafs Land luck and said basically, I want to coach, but I know Ron Wilson is here for the long-haul, and he should be.
It will be interesting to see how he does as the head coach of a team. I spoke not too long ago to Phil Oreskovic (I've known him for a little while through a friend) and Phil told me the players on the Marlies really liked having Gilmour around.
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Josh Lewis 7 months ago
Interesting... maybe once the Leafs are ready to contend Dougie will return to lead us to the promised land?
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