From Global News.

The Toronto Maple Leafs ushered in a new era Monday. The club introduced franchise legend Mats Sundin as its senior executive adviser of hockey operations and John Chayka as general manager less than 24 hours after announcing the long-rumoured hires.

Sundin played 13 of his 18 NHL seasons with Toronto, including 10 as captain. The 55-year-old, who retired in 2009 and was a Hockey Hall of Fame inductee in 2012, has never previously held a management role in the game. Chayka returns to the league after last working for the Arizona Coyotes, who made him the NHL’s youngest-ever GM at age 26 a decade ago, following almost six years out of the league.

During the press conference announcing Sundin and Chayka, reporter Steve Simmons from the Toronto Sun asked MLSE President Keith Pelley about his due diligence in hiring Chayka. Describing his conversations with other “hockey people,” Simmons stated “words were used like con artist, liar, salesman. How did you come to a different conclusion?” Pelley replied, “I must have talked to different people.”

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