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List of Toronto Maple Leafs general managers

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The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario. They are members of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL){{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/teams.htm?navid=nav-tms-main |title=Rosters, Arena Information, and Aerial Maps |access-date=April 12, 2015 |publisher=National Hockey League}} and are known as one of the Original Six teams of the league.{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=670654 |title=4 of the NHL's Original 6 – Chicago, Detroit, Boston, NY Rangers – among 8 still in playoffs |date=May 14, 2013 |access-date=April 12, 2015 |author=The Canadian Press |author-link=The Canadian Press }} Founded in 1917, the club had no nickname in their first season, and were known as the Toronto Arenas for their second season.{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/toronto-arenas-8484.html|title=Toronto Arenas Statistics and History|publisher=The Internet Hockey Database|access-date=April 12, 2015}} From the 1919–20 season they were known as the Toronto St. Patricks,{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/toronto-st.-pats-8510.html|title=Toronto St. Pats Statistics and History|publisher=The Internet Hockey Database|access-date=April 12, 2015}} until in February 1927 when the club was purchased by Conn Smythe.{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/toronto-st.-pats-maple-leafs-9664.html|title=Toronto St. Pats/Maple Leafs Statistics and History|publisher=The Internet Hockey Database|access-date=April 12, 2015}} Smythe changed the name of the club to the Maple Leafs and they have been known by that name ever since.{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/toronto-maple-leafs-8490.html|title=Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics and History|publisher=The Internet Hockey Database|access-date=April 12, 2015}} The franchise has had eighteen general managers since their inception.

Key

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|+Key of terms and definitions

scope="col" |Term

! scope="col" |Definition

scope="row" |No.

|Number of general managers{{ref label|Note1|a|a}}

scope="row" |Ref(s)

|References

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|Does not apply

scope="row" style="background: #FFE6BD" |{{dagger}}

|Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builder category

scope="row" style="background: #CCFFCC" |{{dagger}}

|Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Player category

scope="row" style="background: #F3F781" |{{dagger}}

|Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in category other than Builder or Player

General managers

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|+General managers of the Toronto Maple Leafs

! scope="col" | No.

! scope="col" | Name

! scope="col" | Tenure

! scope="col" | Accomplishments during this term

! scope="col" | Ref(s)

scope="row" |1

| Charles Querrie

| 1917 – February 14, 1927||

|Toronto Maple Leafs 2013–14 Media Guide, p. 176

scope="row" |2

| style="background: #FFE6BD;"|Conn Smythe{{dagger}}

| February 14, 1927 – September 1, 1957{{ref label|Note2|b|b}}||

|{{cite news|title=Smythe Quits Position With Toronto Ice Club |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/64667740/ |newspaper=The Gazette and Daily |date=May 10, 1957 |page=45 |via = Newspapers.com |access-date = July 23, 2015 }}

scope="row" |3

| style="background: #CCFFCC"|Hap Day{{dagger}}

| February 1, 1955 – March 25, 1957||

  • 2 playoff appearances

|{{cite news|title=Day New GM of Leafs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/50133569/ |newspaper=Ottawa Journal |date=February 1, 1955 |page=16 |via = Newspapers.com |access-date = July 23, 2015 }}{{cite news|title=Hap Day Quits As Toronto Hockey Manager |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/41196332/ |newspaper=The Winona Daily News |date=March 26, 1957 |page=12 |via = Newspapers.com |access-date = July 23, 2015 }}

scope="row" |4

| style="background: #F3F781"|Howie Meeker{{dagger}}

| May 14, 1957 – October 3, 1957||

|{{cite news|title=Toronto Names New Manager |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/17757469/ |newspaper=Tyrone Daily Herald |date=May 14, 1957 |page=5 |via = Newspapers.com |access-date = July 23, 2015 }}{{cite news|title=Meeker Quits As Leafs Pilot |url=http://archives.post-gazette.com/newspage/89451550/ |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=October 4, 1957 |page=20 |via = Newspapers.com |access-date = July 23, 2015 }}

scope="row" |–

| Stafford Smythe (de facto)

| October 3, 1957 – November 22, 1958||

|{{cite web |url=http://assets.mapleleafs.com/assets/history/all_time_captains_coaches_GMs.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-06-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703065954/http://assets.mapleleafs.com/assets/history/all_time_captains_coaches_GMs.pdf |archive-date=2007-07-03 }}

scope="row" |5

| style="background: #FFE6BD;"|Punch Imlach{{dagger}}

| November 22, 1958 – April 6, 1969||

|{{cite news|title=Imlach Takes Over Floundering Maple Leafs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1493835/ |newspaper=Garden City Telegram |date=November 22, 1958 |page=11 |via = Newspapers.com |access-date = July 23, 2015 }}{{cite news|title=Axe Falls Swiftly On Leaf Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/34683945/ |newspaper=The News-Palladium |date=April 7, 1969 |page=15 |via = Newspapers.com |access-date = July 23, 2015 }}

scope="row" |6

| style="background: #FFE6BD;"|Jim Gregory{{dagger}}

| April 6, 1969 – July 4, 1979||

  • 8 playoff appearances

|{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mzJwEEtzeMcC&q=general+manager+jim+gregory&pg=PA231 |title=Stellicktricity: Stories, Highlights, and Other Hockey Juice from a Life ... - Gord Stellick - Google Books |date=October 17, 2011 |isbn=9781118076101 |access-date=July 23, 2015|last1=Stellick |first1=Gord |publisher=John Wiley & Sons }}

scope="row" |–

| style="background: #FFE6BD;"|Punch Imlach{{dagger}}

| July 4, 1979 – October 1981||

  • 2 playoff appearances

|{{cite news|title=Imlach Back As Maple Leafs' GM |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/17341100/ |newspaper=The Daily News |date=July 5, 1979 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com |access-date = July 23, 2015 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/02/07/Toronto-owner-Harold-Ballard-fired-General-Manager-Gerry-McNamara/4906571208400/ |title=Toronto owner Harold Ballard fired General Manager Gerry McNamara… |publisher=UPI |date=February 7, 1988 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}

scope="row" |7

| Gerry McNamara

| October 1981 – February 7, 1988||

  • 3 playoff appearances

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scope="row" |8

| Gord Stellick

| April 28, 1988 – August 11, 1989||

  • No playoff appearances

|{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/04/29/toronto-hires-stellick-30-as-general-manager/5b6dcb86-5ffc-4d13-a959-1083a3329cd6/ |title=TORONTO HIRES STELLICK, 30, AS GENERAL MANAGER |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Robert |last=Fachet |date=April 29, 1988 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/12/sports/sports-people-hockey-stellick-quits-post-with-maple-leafs.html |title=SPORTS PEOPLE: HOCKEY; Stellick Quits Post With Maple Leafs |work=The New York Times |date=August 12, 1989 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}

scope="row" |9

| Floyd Smith

| August 15, 1989 – June 4, 1991||

  • 1 playoff appearance

|{{cite web |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1989/08/17/page/87/article/maple-leafs-tab-devils-ex-coach-doug-carpenter |title=Maple Leafs tab Devils' ex-coach Doug Carpenter |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=August 17, 1989 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}{{cite news|title=Maple Leafs Hire Boss |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/11855513/ |newspaper=Daily Sitka Sentinel |date=June 5, 1991 |page=9 |via = Newspapers.com |access-date = July 23, 2015 }}

scope="row" |10

| style="background: #FFE6BD;"|Cliff Fletcher{{dagger}}

| June 4, 1991 – May 25, 1997||

  • 4 playoff appearances

|{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-05-sp-96-story.html |title=THE NHL : Bowness, Fletcher Get New Positions |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=June 5, 1991 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/25/sports/maple-leafs-dismiss-general-manager.html |title=Maple Leafs Dismiss General Manager |work=The New York Times |date=May 25, 1997 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}

scope="row" |–

| Bill Watters (Interim)

| May 25, 1997 – August 21, 1997||

|{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/21/sports/dryden-picks-himself.html |title=Dryden Picks Himself |work=The New York Times |date=August 21, 1997 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}

scope="row" |11

| style="background: #CCFFCC"|Ken Dryden{{dagger}}

| August 21, 1997 – July 15, 1999||

  • 1 playoff appearance

|{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/15/sports/nhl-roundup-an-earlier-opening-for-next-season.html |title=N.H.L. ROUNDUP; AN Earlier Opening For Next Season |work=The New York Times |date=July 15, 1999 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}

scope="row" |12

| style="background: #FFE6BD;"|Pat Quinn{{dagger}}

| July 15, 1999 – August 29, 2003||

  • 1 division title and 4 playoff appearances

|{{cite web |url=http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=459575 |title=Leafs Name John Ferguson General Manager |publisher=Toronto Maple Leafs |date=August 29, 2003 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}

scope="row" |13

| John Ferguson, Jr.

| August 29, 2003 – January 22, 2008||

  • 1 playoff appearance

|{{cite web |url=http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=461161 |title=Cliff Fletcher Named Interim General Manager |publisher=Toronto Maple Leafs |date=January 22, 2008 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}

scope="row" |–

| style="background: #FFE6BD;"|Cliff Fletcher{{dagger}} (Interim)

| January 22, 2008 – November 29, 2008||

  • No playoff appearances

|{{cite web |url=http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=461517 |title=Brian Burke Named Toronto Maple Leafs President & General Manager |publisher=Toronto Maple Leafs |date=November 29, 2008 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}

scope="row" |14

| Brian Burke

| November 29, 2008 – January 9, 2013||

  • No playoff appearances

|{{cite web |url=http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=649619 |title=Maple Leafs Announce Management Changes |publisher=Toronto Maple Leafs |date=January 9, 2013 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}

scope="row" |15

| Dave Nonis

| January 9, 2013 – April 12, 2015||

  • 1 playoff appearance

|{{cite web |url=http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=762909 |title=Maple Leafs announce organizational changes |publisher=Toronto Maple Leafs |date=April 12, 2015 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}

scope="row" |16

| style="background: #FFE6BD;"|Lou Lamoriello{{dagger}}

| July 23, 2015 – April 30, 2018||

  • 2 playoff appearances

|{{cite web |url=http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=775458 |title=Lou Lamoriello named Leafs General Manager |publisher=Toronto Maple Leafs |date=July 23, 2015 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}

scope="row" |17

| Kyle Dubas

| May 11, 2018 – May 19, 2023||

  • 1 division title and 5 playoff appearances

|{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/leafs-name-kyle-dubas-new-general-manager-1.4658422 |title=Maple Leafs name Kyle Dubas new General Manager |publisher=CBC |date=May 11, 2018 |access-date=May 11, 2018}}

scope="row" |18

| Brad Treliving

| May 31, 2023 – present||

  • 2 playoff appearances

|{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/brad-treliving-named-general-manager-of-toronto-maple-leafs/c-344664964|title=Treliving named general manager of Maple Leafs|publisher=NHL Enterprises, L. P.|date=May 31, 2023|website=NHL.com|accessdate=May 31, 2023}}

See also

Notes

  • {{note label|Note1|a|a}} A running total of the number of general managers of the franchise. Thus any general manager who has two or more separate terms as general manager is only counted once. Interim general managers do not count towards the total.
  • {{note label|Note2|b|b}} From 1955 to 1957, Smythe turned over most of his authority over day-to-day hockey operations to Hap Day, but remained general manager on paper.

References

  • {{citation |title=Toronto Maple Leafs 2013–14 Media Guide |page=185}}

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