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CP Maple Leafs Add Senators Great Alfredsson to Coaching Staff
The Hall of Famer spent three seasons as an Ottawa assistant and helped the Senators reach the postseason before moving to Toronto.
- On Tuesday, the Maple Leafs named Daniel Alfredsson to their coaching staff, joining head coach Jim Hiller for the upcoming season.
- Alfredsson was once a primary rival of the Maple Leafs, frequently booed at Scotiabank Arena during the height of the rivalry, where he featured in high-stakes playoff clashes.
- Drafted 133rd overall, Alfredsson won the Calder Trophy and played 18 NHL seasons, most recently serving as an assistant for the Ottawa Senators.
- Joining Hiller's staff alongside John Gruden and Brad Werenka, Alfredsson replaces assistants the team is moving on from, including Mike Van Ryn.
- The hiring reunites two iconic Swedes in the organization: Alfredsson will work behind the bench, while Sundin continues in the Maple Leafs' front office.
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Time heals, grudges ease, and former public enemy No. 1 Daniel Alfredsson is joining the Maple Leafs’ bench
In a plot twist that would have been hard to fathom in the early 2000s, Daniel Alfredsson, the longtime captain of the rival Ottawa Senators, was named Toronto’s associate coach Tuesday.
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