There isn't a whole lot of specific info about what Steve Staios will do for the Leafs on a daily basis, but the best summary of things actually comes from the Leafs' official site:

Staios, 39, will advise the Leafs management team on the prospects and players at all levels of the organization. He will also be relied upon for special assignments by both the amateur and pro scouting departments.

Staios actually played for the Islanders as recently as this past season, so as he mentions on his G+ Hangout (Mike Ulmer's face is hilariously spliced in for the first minute, go check it out), he still knows a lot of players in the game.

I don't know if he's a fitness guru, has a particularly keen eye for talent, or if he works really well with younger players, but it's obvious that the Leafs are continuing to spend money wherever they can to find an edge. That's worth something.

Jump for plenty more linkage.

Leafs Links:

Leafs Nation Podcast: This is how sad James Wisniewski is
Cam Charron joined Danny and I for this week's podcast.

Steve Staios joins Maple Leafs’ front office
This version of the story brought to you by David Shoalts.

Other Hockey Links:

A gruelling assessment of the 2012 Columbus Blue Jackets
Wuh wuh. From Cam Charron at The Leafs Nation.

Road Hockey to Conquer Cancer
Tinfoil Tuque has a post up at The Leafs Nation.

Jordan Eberle's Shooting Percentage
It's an interesting debate, kicked off by Scott Reynolds.

Road hockey charity Five Hole For Food completes third annual cross-country tour
Story from Harrison Mooney at PD.

NHL clarifies CBA proposal; impact of NHLPA salary rollback examined
From Greg Wyshynski.

Les Backstreet Boys avec des chandails de hockey
It's worse than you could possibly imagine. Go look. From La vie est une puck

For Your Viewing: 1976 Canada Cup
Dirty Dangle has a link to two full games between Canada and (what was then) Czechoslovakia. Interesting to see this kind of old footage.

The Rick Nash Trade
Bobby Holik has his say.

A look at the progression of EA Sports’ NHL series
Can you believe it's been 20 years since you first played NHl '93? Wow. Justin Bourne has some screen shots that will make you feel all warm.

NHL makes expanded proposal to NHLPA but enormous gap remains
This title should read 'enormous gap is even more enormous than originally perceived'. That's just great. Story from David Shoalts.

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