Maple Leafs introduce Sundin, Chayka as Toronto’s new management team - BERITAJA

The Toronto Maple Leafs ushered successful a caller era Monday.

The nine introduced franchise fable Mats Sundin arsenic its elder executive advisor of lucky operations and John Chayka arsenic wide head little than 24 hours aft announcing the long-rumoured hires.

Sundin played 13 of his 18 NHL seasons pinch Toronto, including 10 arsenic captain. The 55-year-old, who retired successful 2009 and was a Hockey Hall of Fame inductee successful 2012, has ne'er antecedently held a guidance domiciled successful the game.

Chayka returns to the convention aft past moving for the Arizona Coyotes, who made him the NHL’s youngest-ever GM astatine property 26 a decade ago, pursuing almost six years retired of the league.

The brace takes complete astatine a clip erstwhile the Maple Leafs find themselves astatine a crossroads aft missing the playoffs for the first clip since 2016.

The disastrous play costs GM Brad Treliving his occupation astatine the extremity of March. Former president Brendan Shanahan was shown the doorway successful the outpouring of 2025 and not replaced.

Sundin, the Maple Leafs’ all-time leader successful points and game-winning goals, had a analyzable Toronto exit successful 2008 earlier a little stint pinch the Vancouver Canucks, but the team’s erstwhile skipper remains a instrumentality favourite for his 13 seasons successful the sport’s biggest media market.

Chayka became the NHL’s youngest GM erstwhile he was hired by the Coyotes successful 2016. His clip successful the godforsaken was marked by an analytics-heavy push and bold trades for a cost-conscious club.

The Jordan Station, Ont., merchandise resigned successful July 2020 and was past suspended by commissioner Gary Bettman 1 twelvemonth successful 2021 aft pursuing occupation opportunities pinch different teams while still employed by the Coyotes.

Arizona was besides docked first- and second-round draught picks for holding unauthorized workouts pinch prospects nether Chayka’s watch, successful breach of the league’s scouting harvester policy.

He hadn’t worked successful the NHL since until Sunday.