Brad Treliving’s Best and Worst Decisions as Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs have had Brad Treliving as the team’s general manager for just over a year. In that time, he has made quite a few moves to try and improve the Leafs roster. Some of those moves have been good, while others have been terrible.
The Toronto Maple Leafs had a decent team last season, but it wasn’t enough to get past the Boston Bruins in the first round of the 2024 NHL playoffs. So, for Treliving, that meant going back to the drawing board and figuring out what areas of the team needed to be addressed.
Under no circumstances does any GM get things right 100% of the time.
Not every trade or free-agent signing is going to work out as planned. All a GM can do is adjust and try something different when a move doesn’t work.
In his first off-season as the new GM of the Leafs, Treliving added grit and tenacity with the signings of Ryan Reaves, Max Domi, and Tyler Bertuzzi.
This off-season, he addressed the need for defense by signing Chris Tanev, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, and Jani Hakanpaa, re-signing Timothy Liljegren and Simon Benoit.
The big question now is whether or not this defense can make up for the Leafs lack of a clear number-one starting goaltender. The tandem of Joseph Woll and Anthony Stolarz could be outstanding, but the lack of experience is a concern.
Here is a look at Brad Treliving’s best and worst moves as GM of the Leafs
