Why Former Maple Leafs Director of Scouting Boss Wes Clark Departed the Club to Take on a VP Role With the Penguins…
Wes Clark is no longer running point on amateur scoring for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced on Tuesday that they hired Clark to become their vice president of player personnel.
Clark served as the Leafs’ director of amateur scouting and had been responsible for picks at the NHL Draft for the last few years. He has been credited for some of his selections that may have been seen as a reach by some other draft prognosticators. The most recent example saw Clark select Easton Cowan with the 28th overall pick in the 2023 Draft, only to see the player excel the following year with a standout season with the London Knights.
But Clark is following Dubas, who departed the Leafs organization last year to become the president and GM of the Penguins last summer.