Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas has hired Brandon Pridham as a hockey operations consultant, according to several reports on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Pridham, who served as Toronto Maple Leafs assistant GM for 12 years before a change brought in John Chayka this spring, will be reunited with Dubas, a former Maple Leafs GM. The hire comes a week after the Penguins lost Vukie Mpofu<\/a> to Nashville. Mpofu was often referred to as the Penguins\u2019 salary cap guru, but he was influential in several areas of management.<\/p>\n It is believed that Pridham, 52, will take over many if not all of Mpofu\u2019s roles with the Penguins.<\/p>\n Before his time with Toronto, Pridham was senior director of central registry and central scouting with the NHL.<\/p>\n Dubas has mined the Maple Leafs for several staffers, including assistant GM Jason Spezza and Wes Clark, vice president of player personnel.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTags: Brandon Pridham<\/a> kyle dubas<\/a> Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> Shelly Anderson<\/a> <\/p>\n