NYR have named John Lilley Director of Player Personnel and Director of Amateur Scouting.

[RangerBoy]

Lilley was the Maple Leafs director of amateur scouting.

Chris Morehouse is out. Probably. His title is director of North American scouting. Too much overlap with Lilley.

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[cwede]

w Leafs last ~15 years

John Lilley at eliteprospects.com

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Who is he replacing Gordie or Bobrov?

 

[Thirty One]

Why did they phrase it like that? Wouldn't "Director of Player Personnel and Amateur Scouting" be a better way to say it?

 

[Nickmo82]

Have the Leafs drafted well outside of obvious picks? Is this guy well thought of in the league?

 

[Kane One]

Why did they phrase it like that? Wouldn't "Director of Player Personnel and Amateur Scouting" be a better way to say it?

“Player Personnel and Amateur Scouting” makes it sound like one department.

 

[Edge]

Have the Leafs drafted well outside of obvious picks? Is this guy well thought of in the league?

The Leafs have drafted one player since 2007, outside of the top 10, who has played more than 400 NHL games.

 

[will1066]

Why did they phrase it like that? Wouldn't "Director of Player Personnel and Amateur Scouting" be a better way to say it?

Leave poor Jay F. Hicks, director of digital content, alone. He's not a professional writer like Uncle Larry. Sheesh.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Leafs dont really have a good draft record..

 

[NYRKING30]

The Leafs have drafted one player since 2007, outside of the top 10, who has played more than 400 NHL games.

Wonderful

 

[will1066]

Is it wrong that I read the Leafs' John Lilley as John-Michael Liles at first glance?

 

[Edge]

Wonderful

Optimistic Thought: The Rangers will have much better success with our top 10 picks.

 

[Thirty One]

Look at him take on the much bigger Craig Fisher. Exactly the kind of guts we've been missing from our scouting department.

 

[NYRKING30]

Optimistic Thought: The Rangers will have much better success with our top 10 picks.

Haha too bad I don’t really see us being in that position again anytime soon.

 

[Thirty One]

Is it wrong that I read the Leafs' John Lilley as John-Michael Liles at first glance?

Yes, that's obviously wrong.

“Player Personnel and Amateur Scouting” makes it sound like one department.

This makes it sound like he's two people. He's only one people.

 

[Edge]

Haha too bad I don’t really see us being in that position again anytime soon.

Our next first line center has to come from somewhere.

 

[will1066]

Our next first line center has to come from somewhere.

Have you been under a rock? He's coming from Buffalo.

 

[Leetch3]

If they keep the same front office structure, he could be the Gordie Clark replacement with Moorehouse (north america) and Boborov replacement (europe) working under Lilley.

 

[Edge]

Have you been under a rock? He's coming from Buffalo.

The good news is they'll give him priority boarding on his flight.

Wheel him right up to his seat...

 

[NYRKING30]

Our next first line center has to come from somewhere.

If you are alluding to a potential trade to obtain one, I agree that makes more sense. I should have clarified I don’t see the Rangers landing there due to our record.

 

[Edge]

If you are alluding to a potential trade to obtain one, I agree that makes more sense. I should have clarified I don’t see the Rangers landing there due to our record.

Nope. We'll be further back.

 

[Thirty One]

The Leafs haven't picked a lot of Americans since he was named Director of U.S. Scouting. Keep in mind he was in the smaller office. Canadian teams don't like to pick college players because if they're good they just wait four years and sign with the Rangers.

 

[MadHookUp]

I love this hire. I forgot where I read/heard it as it was a couple years ago. Might have been a podcast, but it talked about how Toronto is doing some revolutionary stuff in player/skills development. Happy to get some of that knowledge over here.

 

[Savant]

I’m just going to assume that he got the job because he has connections to BU and go along with my day. Don’t even know if he went there, just assuming that he did.

 

[Rongomania]

Leafs fans seem pissed, I'd say we did a good job here.