Sportingbet.com is offering odds on who will become the next General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Toronto Maple Leafs.

The Maple Leafs, one of the NHL’s oldest and most storied franchises, fired John Ferguson Jr. in January and subsequently hired Cliff Fletcher as interim GM.

Former Dallas Stars general manager Doug Armstrong is a slight favorite to take over in Toronto, at +333 moneyline odds.

Armstrong, who was named general manager in Dallas in 2002, was fired on Nov. 13, 2007 after the team started the 2007-08 season with a 7–7–3 record. He won the Stanley Cup as the Stars assistant GM in 1999.

The next favorites are Colin Campbell, the NHL’s Senior Vice-President and Director of Hockey Operations, and Doug Wilson, currently GM of the San Jose Sharks. Both are at +350 odds.

Before joining the league’s front office, Campbell had an 11-year NHL career, appearing in 636 NHL games and scoring 25 goals and 103 assists for 128 points, along with 1292 penalty minutes.

After his retirement in 1985, Campbell joined the Detroit Red Wings coaching staff, where he served as an assistant for five years. He moved on to a similar position with the New York Rangers. He eventually became head coach of the Rangers and was fired in 1998.

In 2006, Campbell rejected a five-year, $7.5 million offer to become GM of the Philadelphia Flyers.

Wilson played 14 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks and two years with San Jose. He was the first captain in Sharks history, serving two years before retiring after the 1992-93 season.

Player agent Don Meehan is +400, and Brian Burke, currently GM of the Anaheim Ducks, is +500.

Burke was considered a frontrunner – if not a lock – to take over the Toronto job but he quashed that speculation last week when he announced he would honor the final year of his contract with the Ducks. However, some observers believe Burke is still a candidate unless, or until, he gets a contract extension in Anaheim.

Longshots include Detroit GM Ken Holland and assistant GM Jim Nill (both +1400) and Anaheim executives Bob Murray and David McNab (+1600).