from Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun,

Two weeks ago, Brendan Shanahan said he didn't want to rush selection of a new general manager and coach until seeing what changes came elsewhere in the NHL.

With the first round still underway, names such as Peter Chiarelli and Todd McLellan came on the market. Chiarelli quickly moved from being fired as Boston's top exec to GM and president of hockey operations in Edmonton. Philadelphia and Buffalo joined McLellan's Sharks in firing their coaches.

Attention shifts now to St. Louis and Detroit, where Blues coach Ken Hitchcock might not be back, and the Mike Babcock jockeying will be underway if the Red Wings lose Game 7 in Tampa Bay on Wednesday.

Whether Leafs president Shanahan already has made up his mind or continues to see what else shakes out in coming days is not known.

He and interim GMs Mark Hunter and Kyle Dubas just returned from the world under-18 championships in Switzerland, where they scouted draft talent, but likely also tuned into industry gossip.

One of the rising names in management circles is Toronto native Mike Futa, vice-president of hockey operations with the Kings, who was at the same junior tournament as the Leafs' brass. Paul Fenton, an ex-Leaf working with Nashville's hockey office under David Poile, has been getting mentions for NHL jobs for a couple of years.

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