Report: Maple Leafs Front Office Expecting ‘Major Changes’

John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images The firing of general manager Brad Treliving last week is clearly just the first shoe to drop for the Toronto Maple Leafs . Ownership and MLSE President & CEO Keith Pelley have made that clear.

Insider Elliotte Friedman gives us the latest inside scoop on a recent meeting that has left employees around the organization on high alert. After the change at general manager, Keith Pelley held a Zoom call with members of the hockey operations department. And just from talking to a number of people after it was over, and in the last couple of days, it’s pretty clear that they are expecting major change.

I asked, ‘Did Pelley say anything specifically about ‘change’ in there? ’ And it wasn’t so much the word , it was about how he talked . One of the things he mentioned was, ‘We are going to use our resources to the fullest capacity we can.

’ And they were kind of left with the impression that (Pelley) felt they hadn’t been doing that. So that’s why I think people are expecting that there’s going to be even more changes. The Leafs are thought to have some strong analytics people on staff, including Special Assistant to the General Manager Darryl Metcalf and Analyst for Hockey Research and Development Cam Charron.