Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Na November 29, 2008, Maple Leafs goro Brian Burke ka ọ bụrụ onye nke iri na atọ ha na-abụghị oge, na onye America mbụ, onye isi njikwa na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke otu. Nweta ahụ kwụsịrị oge Cliff Fletcher nke abụọ ma dozie asịrị na-aga n'ihu na Burke na-abịa Toronto. Na June 26, 2009, Burke mere ihe mbụ ya dị ka Leafs GM na 2009 NHL Entry Draft, na-ahọpụta London Knights na-aga n'ihu Nazem Kadri na nke asaa n'ozuzu. Na Septemba 18, 2009, Burke gbanwere Toronto nke mbụ na nke abụọ nke 2010
, nakwa nhọrọ nke mbụ ya na 2011, nye Boston Bruins iji gbanwere onye na-aga n'ihu Phil Kessel. Na Jenụwarị 31, 2010, ndị Leafs mere azụmahịa ọzọ dị elu, oge a na Calgary Flames na nkwekọrịta ndị egwuregwu asaa nke wetara onye na-agbachitere Dion Phaneuf na Toronto. Na June 14, n'oge oge ezumike, ndị Leafs họpụtara Phaneuf onye isi mgbe oge abụọ na-enweghị otu na-eso ọpụpụ Sundin. Na February 18, 2011, ndị otu ahụ gbanwere onye na-agbachitere Maple Leafs ogologo oge Tomas Kaberle na Bruins na mgbanwe maka atụmanya Joe Colborne, nhọrọ Boston nke mbụ na 2011, na nhọrọ nhọrọ nke abụọ.