Maple Leafs Getting Trashed As New Front Office Officially Announced
We’ve known the names for quite a few days now: Mats Sundin and John Chayka. But some around the sport […]
Per Haljestam-USA TODAY Sports We’ve known the names for quite a few days now: Mats Sundin and John Chayka. But some around the sport still refused to believe that a former player (a legendary one, admittedly) and a young executive whose last act in the NHL five years ago was getting suspended by the league, would be the new Toronto Maple Leafs front office duo. But here we are.
The Leafs are officially announcing on Sunday that Sundin and Chayka have been hired to run their front office. Sundin’s role will come with the title of Senior Executive Advisor, Hockey Operations. Chayka will be the General Manager.
🚨BREAKING🚨 Elliotte Friedman is reporting sources have indicted to him Toronto is hiring John Chayka as the next General Manager and Matd Sundin as Senior Executive Advisor of Hockey Operations. #LeafsForever #NHL pic. twitter.
com/FIjQJoE5Zx — NHL Trade Alert (@NHLTradeAlert) May 3, 2026 Friedman added that it’s a full-time commitment for Sundin. He’ll be moving his family from Sweden to Toronto. As for the structure of this pairing, he says that the goal will be for the two to have a united front publicly.