Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Nọvemba 29, 2008, Maple Leafs goro Brian Burke ka ọ bụrụ onye isi ha nke iri na atọ, 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 na nke mbụ na nke abụọ
2010, nakwa nke mbụ ya na 2011, na 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.