John Chayka has a divisive reputation. Can he and the Maple Leafs overcome it?

It’s fair to say that Monday’s news conference announcing the Toronto Maple Leafs’ new general manager is going to be remembered and talked about for a long, long time in this city.We’ll see if it’s for wrong the reasons.Word that John Chayka was in the running to be the Leafs’ next top hockey executive first hit my inbox at the start of April. A source with longstanding connections to the team sent over an article from a site I hadn’t heard of that stated Chayka had talked to the team about a position as far back as February, well before previous GM Brad Treliving had been fired.Advertisement