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Keefe in line for Leafs farm team job: the coast-to-coast

The Leafs have permission to talk with Sault Ste. Marie coach Sheldon Keefe (Aaron Bell, OHL Images)
The Leafs have permission to talk with Sault Ste. Marie coach Sheldon Keefe (Aaron Bell, OHL Images)

Combing all corners of the country and the blogosphere for your junior hockey headlines ...

WHL

The Kelowna Rockets have the farthest to travel to the tournament, but also had the longest post-playoffs hiatus. So there is that. (Kelowna Capital News)

The Memorial Cup is the biggest tournament in the world where Leon Draisaitl will be allowed to participate. (Kelowna Daily Courier)

The Rockets were surprised that San Jose Sharks pick Rourke Chartier was able to start the championship series, let alone thrive. (The Pipeline Show)

Ryan Pyette points out no WHL team has won a Cup hosted by the QMJHL since the Kamloops Blazers in 1994. (London Free Press)

Kelowna defenceman Cole Martin took a long route from Arlington, Texas to helping win a league title. (Regan's Rant)

OHL

The floor is clear for the Toronto Maple Leafs to hire Sheldon Keefe away from the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds for their AHL affiliate. (The Leafs Nation, Soo TodaySportsnet)

London Knights super-scout Lindsay Hofford has been hired by the Leafs to scout the Ontario league. That means they're going to draft Mitchell Marner at No. 4 overall, correct?  (Maple Leafs Hot Stove, Pension Plan Puppets)

It's okay, the Oshawa Generals thrive on not having first billing. (The Pipeline Show)

Unifor president Jerry Dias claims he's intent on organizing junior players, since there are apparently no other pressing labour issues for non-hockey-playing adults in Canada. (The Hockey News)

Former Kitchener head coach Troy Smith has signed on as an associate coach with the Hamilton Bulldogs. (AM900 CHML, Waterloo Region Record)

QMJHL

Quebec coach-GM Philippe Boucher is still chafed that the President's Cup was decided by a second-overtime power-play goal. (Le Soleil, Parlons Junior, The Pipeline Show)

Boucher's aware he helped assemble the team that kept his Remparts off the podium, thank you very much. (Le Journal de Quebec)

Rimouski's Serge Beausoleil had injury problems you would not give to a monkey on a rock, yet his team is going into the tournament as league champs. (The Pipeline Show)

It is a talented Memorial Cup field, writes Chris Cochrane. All three league winners were first overall for most of the regular season. (Halifax Chronicle-Herald)

Does Rimouski have a goalie controversy after Philippe Desrosiers returned for the double-overtime Game 7? Or does it have Louis-Philip Guindon ready as a viable alternative? (TVA Sports)

The Sherbrooke Phoenix plan to trust their captaincy to Carl Neill. (La Tribune)

Neate Sager is a writer for Yahoo! Sports Canada. Contact him at neatesager@yahoo.ca and follow him on Twitter @neatebuzzthenet.