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 2010 na Toronto, da kuma ta
Zaɓin 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.