Treliving new general manager of Maple Leafs

Brad Treliving was hired as the Toronto Maple Leafs' new general manager, less than two weeks after the team fired Kyle Dubas.

The 53-year-old Treliving left the Flames in April following nine seasons that included five playoff appearances and two 100-point seasons.

Treliving joins the Leafs at a crucial juncture in the wake of Toronto's stunning dismissal of Dubas on May 19.

Treliving has a lot to deal with as he settles into his new office — deciding the future of coach Sheldon Keefe, whether to sign or trade stars Auston Matthews and William Nylander, who can sign contract extensions as of July 1, and preparing the draft at the end of the month.

• The coaching shuffle in Nashville is complete, with Andrew Brunette officially hired as the Predators coach, a little over 12 hours after the team announced that John Hynes was fired.

The moves are the first being made by incoming GM Barry Trotz and come about six weeks after the Predators missed the playoffs.

The 49-year-old Brunette, who spent the past season as a Devils associate coach, finished second in the Jack Adams Award voting for the NHL's coach of the year in 2021-22 while the interim coach of the Panthers.

He becomes just the fourth coach in the history of a Predators franchise and returns to Nashville, where Brunette played for the Trotz-coached team during its inaugural season in 199899. Brunette scored the first goal in Predators history.

• The Kraken signed GM Ron Francis to a three-year contract extension through the 2026-27 season after the franchise reached the second round of the NHL playoffs in its second year of existence.

Hired to be the first GM in franchise history, Francis navigated through a difficult first season and helped land the pieces that turned Seattle into a playoff team in the second year without mortgaging future opportunities or putting the Kraken into challenging salary cap situations.