Mats Sundin is the Maple Leafs’ all-time scoring leader and has been an increasing presence in recent years. Per Haljestam / Imagn Images
April 17, 2026Updated 10:44 am EDT
TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs’ search for new front office leadership has led them back to a familiar face: Mats Sundin.
The organization’s all-time leading scorer is in Toronto to sit down with Leafs ownership about a potential role in the new setup, according to multiple league sources. It’s expected to be an open-ended conversation with no specific defined role at this stage.
Sundin has kept a relatively low profile since retiring from the NHL in 2008-09, returning to Sweden and raising his three children. He’s been around the Leafs more in recent years, though, especially after the club played Global Series Games in Stockholm in November of 2023 and involved Sundin in everything it did there.
“Toronto’s management and coaches have taken me in, and it has been incredibly nice,” Sundin said during that visit. “Toronto has meant so incredibly much to my career; I was there for 13 years and the captain. Toronto is my second home; we live in Stockholm, but when I come there, it’s like coming home.”
Sundin has since been a guest at training camp and took part in an on-ice ceremony at Scotiabank Arena to honor Borje Salming before his death from ALS.
The Leafs are in the process of reconstructing the front office following the firing of general manager Brad Treliving on March 30. They haven’t had a president of hockey operations since firing Brendan Shanahan in May of 2025 and are open to filling that role as well.
Apr 17, 2026
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