“Keith Pelley, the president and CEO of MLSE, he is taking one-on-one meetings with different staff throughout the Leafs organization of late. He’s trying to do a deep dive on things,” he said during Thursday’s edition of Insider Trading. “For context, this is something that Pelley also did over the last year with TFC on the soccer side and with the Raptors on the basketball side, but of course, when it comes to the Leafs there’s a little urgency to it. I should point out that Pelley hasn’t limited his meetings to just within the organization, but also meeting with people and picking the brains of people throughout the industry and throughout the league.”

“The urgency is that he’s got a decision to make, and more than one, and that starts with the GM position, Brad Treliving, who has one more year left on his contract,” LeBrun continued. “Does Pelley decide to stick with Treliving, or does he decide to make a change there? The off-season is just a couple of weeks away, and if he does decide to make a change – I’m not saying he will, but if he does – then that process itself will require time, and this is a critical off-season for the Leafs if they’re going to bounce back and get this team to the playoffs next year.”