Brad Treliving will reportedly remain on as Toronto Maple Leafs GM after MLSE announced on Thursday afternoon that they weren’t renewing the contract of president and alternate governor Brendan Shanahan.
The 55-year-old just finished his second season with the club, after entering the organization on May 31, 2023. At the helm of Toronto’s hockey club, Treliving has one playoff series win, which came this year when the Maple Leafs eliminated the Ottawa Senators in six games.
Toronto faced the defending Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers in the second round and fell 6-1 in Game 7, ending their season. With how they exited the playoffs, losing Games 5 and 7 by the same score, questions loomed about who would be getting the blame.
However, according to several reports, including from TSN’s Chris Johnston and Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, Treliving won’t be one of the management pieces getting axed.
“I greatly enjoyed working with Brad and Craig (Berube),” said Shanahan in a statement on Thursday afternoon, “and I firmly believe they are excellent in their roles and have done a great job in their time with the team.”
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Treliving made significant moves going back to last summer when he signed former Panthers Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Anthony Stolarz. He also brought in Steven Lorentz and Max Pacioretty on professional tryouts before inking them to one-year contracts.
After Timothy Liljegren struggled early to keep his spot in the lineup in October, Treliving sent him to the San Jose Sharks for Matt Benning, a 2025 third-round pick and a 2026 sixth-round pick.
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The Toronto GM also added Scott Laughton from the Philadelphia Flyers and Brandon Carlo from the Boston Bruins at the NHL trade deadline. To acquire those players, Treliving parted ways with prospects Fraser Minten and Nikita Grebenkin, plus two conditional first-round picks (2026 and 2027) and a 2025 fourth-round pick.
What he wasn’t able to do, though, was re-sign Toronto, Ontario native Mitch Marner to a new contract. Treliving had all of last summer and this season to negotiate, but the forward could test the open market on July 1.
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John Tavares’ contract also expires on July 1. However, he said during the Maple Leafs’ locker cleanout day that, after positive conversations with Treliving and Berube, he’s confident about getting a deal done before NHL free agency opens.
It remains unknown if any other changes will come in the aftermath of Shanahan’s dismissal. We’ll likely know more following MLSE CEO Keith Pelley’s press conference on Friday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. ET.
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