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The Maple Leafs have added Jacques Lemaire to their coaching staff as special assignment coach, the team announced Friday.

Mike Babcock the Canadian professional ice hockey head coach said in a statement, “Obviously Jacques Lemaire has a wealth of experience”. The Leafs have picked up Lemaire for the same position he held in New Jersey – special assignment coach.

Just a few weeks after Lou Lamoriello resigned from the Devils to become the Maple Leafs’ new general manager, one of his former coaches, Jacques Lemaire, has been hired by the team as a special assignment coach.