Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving just completed the most important task of his first year on the job. He signed franchise cornerstone Auston Matthews to a new deal.
Treliving was presented with an unusually high volume of offseason items to complete when he agreed to become the Toronto Maple Leafs GM.
He faced an exodus of unrestricted free agents from last year’s team that he had to either resign or replace. Plus, decisions had to be made around Matthews and fellow core forward William Nylander.
Treliving had a short runway to get things done.