Fletcher will likely remain Leafs GM until 2009

TORONTO - It appears that Cliff Fletcher will remain general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs until next summer.

Team president Richard Peddie tells The Canadian Press that Fletcher will likely call the shots until 2009.

The Maple Leafs GM search committee consists of Peddie and lawyer Gord Kirke.

Peddie says most of the top candidates they have considered are under contract to other NHL teams through next season and that he is content to wait before making a hire.

Fletcher will remain at the helm in the meantime.

The veteran hockey man was hired as the team's interim GM in January and was to become a consultant once his successor was found.