Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waNovember 29, 2008, Maple Leafs yakashandira Brian Burke se13 yavo isiri yenguva pfupi, uye wekutanga weAmerica, maneja mukuru munhoroondo yechikwata. Kutenga kwacho kwakagumisa nhambo yechipiri yaCliff Fletcher uye kwakagadzirisa runyerekupe rwaienderera rwokuti Burke akanga achiuya kuToronto. Musi waChikumi 26, 2009, Burke akaita kuoneka kwake kwekutanga seGM yeMashizha pa2009 NHL Entry Draft, achisarudza London Knights kumberi Nazem Kadri nesarudzo yechinomwe yakazara. Musi waSeptember 18, 2009, Burke akatengesa Toronto yekutanga- uye yechipiri-kutenderera 2010
, pamwe chete nesarudzo dzaro dzomutambo wokutanga wa2011, kuBoston Bruins mukutsinhana naPhil Kessel. Musi waJanuary 31, 2010, Leafs yakaita imwe shanduko yepamusoro, panguva ino neCalgary Flames muchibvumirano chevatambi vanomwe chakaunza mudziviriri Dion Phaneuf kuToronto. Musi waChikumi 14, panguva yemwaka wepakati, mashizha akatumidza Phaneuf kaputeni mushure memwaka miviri pasina imwe inotevera kuenda kwaSundin. Musi waFebruary 18, 2011, timu yakatengesa kwenguva yakareba Maple Leafs defenceman Tomas Kaberle kuBruins mukutsinhana netarisiro Joe Colborne, Boston yekutanga-kutenderera sarudza muna 2011, uye mamiriro echipiri-kutenderera dhizaini sarudzo.