Former Maple Leafs Assistant GM Joins Pittsburgh Penguins Front Office
Kyle Dubas loves to surrounding himself with people he's familiar with, and the trend continues for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Pens are hiring former Toronto Maple Leafs assistant general manager Brandon Pridham to their front office in a Hockey Operations Consultant role. Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman was first to report the news, after Pridham was let go recently by John Chayka and the Maple Leafs.
Pridham is known as a cap guru and was the main point of contact for all cap management in Toronto. He'll be handling the Penguins contracts, cap management, and planning responsibilities, which was recently held by Vukie Mpofu, before he left for the Nashville Predators.
Former Toronto assistant GM Brandon Pridham is joining Pittsburgh as a Hockey Operations Consultant.
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 14, 2026
He will handle the contract, cap management and planning responsibilities formerly held by Vukie Mpofu, who recently departed for Nashville. Pridham will also mentor junior…
Pridham, 52, spent 12 seasons with the Maple Leafs front office and initially joined the organization in 2014 as a special assistant to then-GM Dave Nonis. When Dubas took over in 2018, Pridham was promoted to assistant GM, and became a major player in the front office.
Dubas isn't shy bringing back familiar faces, as he just traded for, and signed Nick Robertson from the Leafs. There's also Wes Clark and Jason Spezza, who both left Toronto to join Dubas in Pittsburgh.
The Penguins are trying to stay competitive, while also plan for their future without Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, so Pridham's going to have lots of important work to complete over the course of the next season, or two.