Maple Leafs appoint John Chayka GM and Mats Sundin senior executive adviser
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Updated · The New York Times · May 4
Maple Leafs appoint John Chayka GM and Mats Sundin senior executive adviser
9 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 4
MLSE chief executive Keith Pelley made the hires as Toronto reshapes hockey operations after dismissing Kyle Dubas and Brendan Shanahan and leaving the president role unfilled.
Chayka returns to the NHL after a 2021 suspension over conduct detrimental to the league following his Arizona Coyotes exit, while Sundin takes his first front-office job.
The appointments come at a pivotal offseason for a franchise chasing its first Stanley Cup in nearly 60 years, with questions over structure, experience and Auston Matthews' long-term future.
Why did the NHL's richest team hire a GM that the rest of the league wouldn't touch for five years?
Is a data-obsessed outsider the key to a Stanley Cup, or the most reckless gamble in Leafs history?