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Dubas: ‘I don’t believe I’m ready to be an NHL general manager’

2015 NHL Draft - Round One

SUNRISE, FL - JUNE 26: Kyle Dubas Assistant General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs talks on the phone as President Brendan Shanahan looks on during the first round of the 2015 NHL Draft at BB&T Center on June 26, 2015 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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The Arizona Coyotes could name a new general manager in the next week or two. They’ve already had “multiple discussions with multiple individuals,” co-owner Anthony LeBlanc told the Arizona Republic this week.

But whoever they end up hiring, it won’t be Maple Leafs assistant GM Kyle Dubas.

“Very bluntly put, I don’t believe I’m ready to be an NHL general manager,” Dubas said, per the Toronto Star’s Kevin McGran. “I believe I have a lot to learn, and I believe Toronto is the best place for me to learn that.”

Many saw Dubas, 29, as a candidate for the Arizona job after the Coyotes stated their new management strategy would have an emphasis on analytics, a specialty of his.

The leading candidate to replace Don Maloney is rumored to be Stars assistant GM Les Jackson.