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Toronto Maple Leafs: Five Candidates to Replace Kyle Dubas As GM

By Jeremy Ridgewell

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 13: General Manager Kyle Dubas of the Toronto Maple Leafs arrives for the game against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on April 13, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 13: General Manager Kyle Dubas of the Toronto Maple Leafs arrives for the game against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on April 13, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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Eric Tulsky

Eric Tulsky is currently an assistant general manager with the Carolina Hurricanes.

He has worked in the Hurricanes organization since 2014. His role with Carolina has changed a few times since he first joined the team. Tulsky spent his first year in Carolina as a part-time consultant. In 2015 he became a full-time hockey analyst. He got promoted to manager of analytics in 2017, then V.P. of management and strategy in 2018, and finally to AGM in 2020.

Like Brandon Pridham, Tulsky is in high demand for the few vacant general manager jobs around the NHL. Tulsky is being mentioned as a front-runner for the GM position with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Being the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs is highly sought after job. Would Tulsky wait and see if Toronto comes calling before making a decision on Pittsburgh or any other team?

It doesn’t seem like Shanahan wants to veer too far away from the style that Kyle Dubas brought to the team. Analytics is another reason Tulsky is a good match for the Maple Leafs. On his LinkedIn page, he says the following “I am also naturally a data-driven thinker and transitioned to leading the data science effort for the Carolina Hurricanes, building predictive and diagnostic models to assess players and on-ice strategies and communicating the results across the organization.”

Tulsky is my second choice for Toronto GM if Pridham is not given the job.

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