Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 29 ga Nuwamba, 2008, Maple Leafs sun ɗauki Brian Burke a matsayin mai ba da izini na 13 da ba na wucin gadi ba, kuma na farko na Amurka, babban manajan a tarihin ƙungiyar. Samun ya ƙare zamanin Cliff Fletcher na biyu kuma ya daidaita jita-jitar da ke ci gaba da cewa Burke yana zuwa Toronto. A ranar 26 ga Yuni, 2009, Burke ya fara bayyana a matsayin Leafs GM a 2009 NHL Entry Draft, yana zaɓar London Knights gaba Nazem Kadri tare da zaɓi na bakwai gaba ɗaya. A ranar 18 ga Satumba, 2009, Burke ya yi musayar zagaye na farko da na biyu na Toronto
2010, da kuma zagaye na farko na 2011, zuwa Boston Bruins a musayar gaba Phil Kessel. A ranar 31 ga Janairu, 2010, Leafs sun sake yin wata babbar ciniki, a wannan karon tare da Calgary Flames a cikin yarjejeniyar 'yan wasa bakwai wanda ya kawo mai tsaron baya Dion Phaneuf zuwa Toronto. A ranar 14 ga Yuni, a lokacin hutun kakar wasa, Leafs sun nada Phaneuf kyaftin bayan yanayi biyu ba tare da daya ba bayan tafiyar Sundin. A ranar 18 ga Fabrairu, 2011, ƙungiyar ta yi musayar tsohuwar Maple Leafs mai kare Tomas Kaberle zuwa Bruins a musayar don samun damar Joe Colborne, zaɓin zagaye na farko na Boston a 2011, da zaɓin zagaye na biyu na zagaye na biyu.