{"id":650012,"date":"2026-05-18T08:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T08:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/650012\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T08:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T08:45:10","slug":"maple-leafs-part-ways-with-assistant-general-managers-brandon-pridham-derek-clancey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/650012\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Leafs part ways with assistant general managers Brandon Pridham, Derek Clancey"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Toronto Maple Leafs and assistant general manager Brandon Pridham have mutually agreed to part ways, the club announced Sunday. In the same announcement, the team also revealed that assistant general manager of player personnel Derek Clancey will not be returning to the organization.<\/p>\n

Pridham, one of Toronto\u2019s longest-serving and most respected executives, was hired away from the NHL\u2019s Central Registry in August 2014 and became a trusted lieutenant to four Leafs general managers: Dave Nonis, Lou Lamoriello, Kyle Dubas and Brad Treliving.<\/p>\n

Pridham expertly managed the team\u2019s salary cap through the NHL\u2019s flat-cap era, while also handling contract negotiations and overseeing CBA compliance. He served as co-interim GM along with Ryan Hardy following Treliving\u2019s March 30 firing<\/a> and had term remaining on his contract, but will instead exit as part of front-office restructuring under new GM John Chayka and senior executive adviser Mats Sundin.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrandon has played an integral role in the organization over the past 12 seasons,\u201d Chayka said in a statement. \u201cWe are sincerely appreciative of Brandon\u2019s professionalism, commitment and dedication to the Maple Leafs throughout his tenure. Derek also brought valuable experience and insight to our hockey operations department during his time with the club. We thank both Brandon and Derek for their contributions to the organization and wish them and their families all the very best moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Pridham operated away from the spotlight, his work was often lauded by those he worked for. The 15 years he spent with Central Registry gave him a leg up when navigating the intricacies of the CBA. Pridham played a big role in helping Toronto clear the books during the teardown that preceded the Auston Matthews\/Mitch Marner\/William Nylander era and then was an integral part of the nine straight playoff seasons that followed as the Leafs were consistently challenged to make roster improvements against the constraints of a slow-moving cap.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s tough to really put into words what it\u2019s like to work with Brandon,\u201d Dubas told reporters at the 2021 trade deadline. \u201cThe ideas that he comes up with. Just the information he\u2019s able to give me to make my job as easy as possible, and his ability to challenge me or tell me when he thinks we\u2019re going down a path that might not be best and really optimize our roster, our cap space, all the different things that we\u2019re doing \u2014 he works tirelessly at it. He\u2019s an indispensable part of the group.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever awards there are for that position, I would certainly think he should win them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hired by Treliving in 2023, Clancey was one of the former GM\u2019s closest lieutenants with a role focused primarily on player personnel matters. Clancey previously worked as a scout for Treliving with the Calgary Flames and was a longtime scouting director with the Pittsburgh Penguins and assistant GM with the Vancouver Canucks for one season.<\/p>\n

Pridham\u2019s and Clancey\u2019s departures follow the firing of coach Craig Berube on Wednesday<\/a> and the decision earlier in the week not to retain Shane Doan, who is out as special assistant to the GM after three seasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cShane Doan, we had a good discussion, he\u2019s going to run out his contract (when it expires on June 30),\u201d Chayka said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Toronto Maple Leafs and assistant general manager Brandon Pridham have mutually agreed to part ways, the club…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99,1788],"class_list":["post-650012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-toronto-maple-leafs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}