Maple Leafs Bolster Hockey Ops With Brackett, Hamilton

The Maple Leafs are adding two more names to the machinery behind the bench, and both come with the kind of résumé that front offices love to whisper about. Judd Brackett and Freddie Hamilton are the latest pieces in Toronto’s Hockey Operations Department, a move that says the organization is still tinkering with the engine rather than waiting for the dashboard lights to flash.