Maple Leafs hire Palango, Rossen and Perpich to front office
July 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM ET|Comments (0)
from Sportsnet,
Dan Palango has been hired as director of amateur scouting, Brad Rossen as vice president, research and development, and JP Perpich as director of U.S. amateur scouting, the team announced on Wednesday.
The additions are the latest moves under general manager John Chayka as the organization continues to build out its scouting and analytics departments. Toronto previously added Judd Brackett as an assistant general manager, player evaluation, on June 1.
Palango will take over the club’s amateur scouting department, replacing Mark Leach, who had held the position before the organization’s recent front-office changes. Palango worked with Brackett as an amateur scout with the Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks.
Perpich joins the Leafs after spending the last six seasons with the Wild and will look to identify talent throughout the United States, including the NCAA, USHL and other development leagues.
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