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The Toronto Maple Leafs have found their head coach. Now, it’s time for them to find a general manager. That is, if they haven’t found one already.

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While everyone from Los Angeles’ Mike Futa and Tampa Bay’s Julien Brisebois to George McPhee and Sean Burke have been linked as a possible candidate to lead the Leafs, there is ample speculation that interim general manager Mark Hunter could soon have the “interim” tag in his current title lifted.

If so, many believe it is long overdue.

“I think he’s a natural fit,” said Erie Otters general manager Sherry Bassin. “I pride myself on working hard. If there was one guy I could not outwork, it was Mark Hunter.”