Toronto Maple Leafs Fire GM Brad Treliving In Third NHL Season
The Toronto Maple Leafs didn't wait until the end of the season to start their restructuring. Monday night, they announced that Brad Treliving is out as the team's GM.
Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving speaks at the teams practice centre in Toronto on May 29, 2025. (Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star via Getty Images) Toronto Star via Getty Images Traditionally, NHL teams wait until their seasons have concluded before they start making major personnel changes. But just one day after the Vegas Golden Knights sent shockwaves through the coaching fraternity by replacing their Stanley Cup-winning coach Bruce Cassidy with John Tortorella, the Toronto Maple Leafs cut ties with their general manager, Brad Treliving after nearly three full seasons.
The Landscape It’s no surprise that Treliving’s job security was tenuous. The team’s ownership structure changed last year after Rogers Communications acquired the 37. 5 percent share of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment that had been previously held by its Canadian telecom and media rival, Bell Communications.
Amid the changes, veteran sports executive Keith Pelley took over as MLSE’s new president and CEO in January of 2024, eight months after Treliving assumed the GM duties from Kyle Dubas . He wasn’t Pelley’s man but when the new boss arrived, the Maple Leafs were a good team that wanted to be great. Auston Matthews was on his way to his third Rocket Richard Trophy with a career-high 69 goals.
Even better, the team was on the way to its eighth-straight playoff appearance after having finally won a round in 2022-23, and coming off back-to-back 110-point seasons. In 2023-24, Treliving’s first year at the helm, the Leafs took a small step backward. They finished with 102 pionts and were bounced in the first round yet again.
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