{"id":315286,"date":"2026-04-08T11:30:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=315286"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:00:29","slug":"maple-leafs-could-poach-panthers-exec-after-controversial-hire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/maple-leafs-could-poach-panthers-exec-after-controversial-hire\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Leafs could poach Panthers exec after controversial hire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Toronto Maple Leafs fired general manager Brad Treliving amid a dismal 2025-26 season. Many expect them to fireside head coach Craig Berube once the season is over. The Maple Leafs have hired agent Neil Glasberg to run the seek for a brand new executive, which has TSN’s Chris Johnston pondering a Florida Panthers executive is a candidate.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Florida Panthers assistant GM Sunny Mehta is amongst Neil Glasberg’s clients.<\/p>\n

Glasberg has been retained by the #leafs<\/a> to help with their seek for a head of hockey operations <\/p>\n

(IG: pbi.sports) pic.twitter.com\/7VW1C5xo4r<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cFlorida Panthers assistant GM Sunny Mehta is amongst Neil Glasberg’s clients. Glasberg has been retained by the Leafs to help with their seek for a head of hockey operations,\u201d Johnston posted. He attached a photograph from PBI Sports’ Instagram, which is Glasberg’s agency.<\/p>\n

The hiring of Glasberg has been controversial across the league, in response to NHL insider Frank Servalli.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow could there not be a conflict of interest? This guy has skin in the sport on who gets hired where, either directly or not directly. Let\u2019s say an individual gets hired who isn\u2019t a Glasberg client. Will he be pressured in some unspecified time in the future to rent one among his guys?\u201d A coach told Seravalli back in 2023 when Glasberg was hired by the<\/a> Philadelphia Flyers.<\/p>\n

Seravalli then relayed a current conversation with an<\/a> NHL executive in regards to the Maple Leafs situation, \u201cText message from a current #NHL executive re: Leafs hiring Neil Glasberg to conduct search: \u20181. Receives a commission to run search. 2. Search hires your client as GM (receives a commission again) 3. Client hires one other client as HC (receives a commission again). The one query is that if Neil can hit a superfecta: search, client as president, client as GM, and client as head coach.’\u201d<\/p>\n

The Maple Leafs may very well be heading right into a transition period, with Auston Matthews trade rumors heating up every day. If Glasberg’s hires make the proper moves, it is going to be seen as a fantastic move. But when the conflict of interest lands the unsuitable management team in Toronto, things will get ugly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Toronto Maple Leafs fired general manager Brad Treliving amid a dismal 2025-26 season. Many expect them to fireside head coach Craig Berube once the season is over. The Maple Leafs have hired agent Neil Glasberg to run the seek for a brand new executive, which has TSN’s Chris Johnston pondering a Florida Panthers executive is a candidate.<\/p>\n