The Maple Leafs introduced on Monday that Brad Treliving has been relieved of his duties as general manager after practically three full seasons.
“Throughout the course of this season, there has been deep analysis into both the current state of the Maple Leafs organization and the direction needed to achieve the ultimate goal of delivering a Stanley Cup championship to the city,” mentioned MLSE president and CEO Keith Pelley in a press release. “Brad Treliving is a man that we all have deep respect and appreciation for, both as a hockey executive and as a person, but it was determined that the club must chart a new course under different leadership. The organization is grateful for all that Brad has contributed in his nearly three years with the Maple Leafs and we wish him and his family the very best.”
The transfer comes because the Maple Leafs wind down a disappointing season that may finish with them lacking the playoffs for the primary time in 10 seasons. Toronto entered Monday’s recreation in opposition to the Anaheim Ducks seventh within the Atlantic Division with 75 factors by means of 74 video games.
Last season, the Maple Leafs completed first within the Atlantic and superior to the second-round earlier than shedding in seven video games to the Florida Panthers. After that defeat, the Maple Leafs fired president Brendan Shanahan and put Treliving answerable for the complete hockey operations portfolio. In the weeks after Shanahan’s departure, Mitch Marner left the crew to affix the Vegas Golden Knights and Treliving tried to exchange Marner’s manufacturing with a mixture of gamers, together with Matias Maccelli, Dakota Joshua and Nic Roy, to restricted success.
As the Leafs have tumbled down the standings this season, two large trades that Treliving made forward of the 2025 commerce deadline have loomed giant.
The first commerce noticed Treliving commerce prime prospect Fraser Minten and the crew’s 2026 first-round decide to the Boston Bruins for defenceman Brandon Carlo. The second noticed the Maple Leafs commerce a 2027 first-round decide and Nikita Grebenkin to the Philadelphia Flyers for Scott Laughton.
The 2026 decide is top-five protected, which implies the Maple Leafs might want to win the draft lottery to retain it. But doing so would additionally give the Bruins an unprotected first-round decide in 2027 and the Flyers a first-round decide in 2028.
While Treliving was capable of recoup one first-round decide in 2026 from the Colorado Avalanche by buying and selling Roy, the crew’s subsequent general manager must try and rebuild the roster with out these picks of their pocket. And the brand new particular person may have a small window to do it, with captain Auston Matthews turning 29 in September and set to develop into an unrestricted free agent in the summertime of 2028.
