Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 29 o Whiringa-a-rangi, 2008, i utua e te Maple Leafs a Brian Burke hei 13 o ratou kaore i te wa poto, me te tuatahi o Amerika, kaiwhakahaere matua i roto i te hitori o te kapa. I mutu te hoko i te waa tuarua o Cliff Fletcher me te whakatau i nga korero e mau tonu ana kei te haere mai a Burke ki Toronto. I te Pipiri 26, 2009, i puta tuatahi a Burke hei Leafs GM i te 2009 NHL Entry Draft, ka kowhiria e te London Knights Nazem Kadri me te whitu o nga whiringa katoa. I te Mahuru 18, 2009, i whakawhiti a Burke i te tuatahi me te tuarua o Toronto 2010, me ona
Ko te kōwhiringa tuatahi o te tau 2011, ki te Boston Bruins hei utu mō te kaikawe a Phil Kessel. I te Hanuere 31, 2010, i hangaia e te Leafs tetahi atu whakawhitiwhitinga nui, i tenei wa me te Calgary Flames i roto i te tauhokohoko whitu kaitakaro i kawe mai i te kaitautoko a Dion Phaneuf ki Toronto. Ko te Maple Leafs i mutu i te 29th i te NHL i te 2009<unk>10, i mua i te Edmonton Oilers anake, ahakoa te 13-10-3 i roto i o raatau whakataetae 23 whakamutunga. I te mutunga o te 29th, ka riro i nga Bruins te tuarua o nga waahanga katoa i te 2010 NHL Draft.