In his season-ending press convention on Thursday, common supervisor Brad Treliving stated the crew wouldn’t look the identical subsequent season following its second-round exit towards the Florida Panthers.
The Maple Leafs misplaced 6-1 in each Sport 5 and Sport 7 in that sequence.
“There can be change transferring ahead. That is simply the character of the enterprise,” Treliving stated. “We have gotta discover a approach to create the crew, each between the ears and personnel, to be our greatest on the crucial moments.
“There’s some DNA that should change in our crew.”
Star ahead and pending free agent Mitch Marner‘s future with the crew has been among the many most mentioned matters within the wake of the Maple Leafs’ exit.
Treliving stated he is met with Marner and each side are taking time to “decompress” after the season.
“I believe Mitch is an amazing participant. I believe he is a star. We’re in that course of proper now. … We’re gonna meet as a workers, I am gonna be in contact with Mitch’s consultant and decide what’s finest,” Treliving stated.
“Do I believe Mitch can succeed? Sure, I do. However … we will not be inflexible in our thought course of of claiming we are able to solely do issues a method.”
One change has already been made on the high when the crew introduced earlier in Could that it will not be renewing president Brendan Shanahan’s contract. MLSE CEO Keith Pelley indicated he was not instantly searching for a substitute.
Treliving, 55, is getting into his third season as GM of the Maple Leafs.
The crew misplaced within the first spherical to the Boston Bruins throughout his first season earlier than falling to the Panthers this season.
“We fell wanting the place we wished to be and we fell wanting the place I believed we might be,” Treliving stated.
Different key free brokers for Toronto embody forwards John Tavares and Matthew Knies (restricted).
