{"id":642783,"date":"2026-05-02T09:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642783\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T09:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:57:12","slug":"maple-leafs-denied-permission-to-interview-julien-brisebois-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642783\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Leafs Denied Permission To Interview Julien BriseBois \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the reported<\/a> group of final candidates doesn\u2019t strike much inspiration, it\u2019s now safe to say the Toronto Maple Leafs attempted to go big-game hunting for their GM vacancy. According to Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman<\/a>, the Maple Leafs requested to interview Tampa Bay Lightning General Manager Julien BriseBois<\/a>, but were quickly denied.<\/p>\n

Frankly, it\u2019s not surprising at all that Toronto was denied permission to interview BriseBois. As Friedman put it, \u201cI don\u2019t think anyone is shocked to hear that the Lightning would say no. I do think they asked permission to speak to him and were rejected.\u201d<\/p>\n

BriseBois, 49, has been the front office leader for the Lightning since the 2018-19 season, after Steve Yzerman<\/a> stepped down from the role. Inarguably, three of the most important players on the team were drafted by Yzerman: Nikita Kucherov<\/a>, Andrei Vasilevskiy<\/a>, and Brayden Point<\/a>. Still, that\u2019s not to say that BriseBois has only been coasting off Yzerman\u2019s success. He was the one who acquired Brandon Hagel<\/a>, Jake Guentzel<\/a>, and J.J. Moser<\/a>, among others.<\/p>\n

Regardless of which General Manager ultimately had the bigger hand in the team\u2019s success, BriseBois was the General Manager of the team during their back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 2020 and 2021. Because of that, he\u2019s one of the most successful General Managers in the NHL, rivaled only by Bill Zito<\/a> of the Florida Panthers. Given his track record, there\u2019s no questioning why the Maple Leafs would be interested in bringing him on board.<\/p>\n

Now, since they were rejected by the Lightning and potentially rejected by additional teams to speak with their front office leaders, the Maple Leafs appear headed for a split role. Reports suggest that Toronto is actively pursuing John Chayka<\/a> and franchise legend Mats Sundin<\/a> for higher management roles. Instead of having one man to lead the pack, the Maple Leafs may opt for a combined effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although the reported group of final candidates doesn\u2019t strike much inspiration, it\u2019s now safe to say the Toronto…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,147058,44,745,41,39,42,40,746],"class_list":["post-642783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-julien-brisebois","tag-news","tag-tampa-bay-lightning","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-toronto-maple-leafs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}