Kyle Dubas

Dubas was hired as the general manager of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the OHL in 2011. He attended his interview with a detailed plan to improve the team, which had struggled in recent years. The Greyhounds initially were looking for an experienced candidate for the general manager position, but Dubas' interview was so impressive, that he was the board's unanimous choice.^[2] During his tenure with the Greyhounds, this plan became known as "The Rising" after the Bruce Springsteen song of the same name.^[4] Dubas had been involved with the Greyhounds organization since he was a child, starting out as a stick boy and dressing room attendant when he was 11.^[4] After assuming the general manager role, he hired Sheldon Keefe as head coach. The combination of Keefe and Dubas resulted in significant on ice improvement for the Greyhounds, and during Dubas' last season as general manager of the Greyhounds, they finished second overall in the OHL, though he ultimately fell short of a championship.^[4]

In 2014, Toronto Maple Leafs team president Brendan Shanahan reached out to Dubas about the possibility of joining the organization.^[4] Their initial meeting lasted nine hours. Dubas was hired by Shanahan as an assistant general manager for the Maple Leafs in July 2014.^[7] The Maple Leafs organization deflected concerns about his age at the time he was hired, with general manager Dave Nonis saying "...Age was never a factor. It's whether or not you can do the job, and it was clear to us quickly that he's going to be good at it."^[1] In January 2015, Forbes named Dubas amongst its 30 Under 30 brightest young stars in the sport industry.^[8] As an assistant general manager for the club, Dubas played parts in many aspects of the organization, including personnel management and analytics, through the team's research and development group.^[7] Dubas and Mark Hunter filled the role of interim general manager for the Maple Leafs in 2015, after Nonis was fired by the club.^[9]

بعد أن عيّن شاناهان لو لاموريلو مديرًا عامًا للفريق، تولى دوباس وهنتر منصبَي مساعدَي المدير العام. ^{[ 10 ]} خلال فترة عمله كمساعد مدير عام لفريق تورنتو مابل ليفز، شغل دوباس أيضًا منصب المدير العام لفريق تورنتو مارليز ، الفريق التابع لفريق مابل ليفز في دوري الهوكي الأمريكي (AHL). وكان له دورٌ محوريٌ في وضع نظامٍ لتطوير لاعبي فريق مابل ليفز، مع الحفاظ على قدرتهم التنافسية في دوريهم. ^{[ 4 ]} عيّن دوباس المدرب السابق لفريق غرايهاوندز، كيف، للإشراف على تطوير فريق مارليز. وفي عام 2018، فاز فريق مارليز بكأس كالدر كبطلٍ لدوري الهوكي الأمريكي. ^{[ 11 ]}

بعد موسم 2017-2018 ، قرر شاناهان عدم تجديد عقد لاموريلو كمدير عام، ملتزمًا بخطته الأصلية بتحديد مدة معينة لفترة ولايته قبل أن ينتقل إلى دور استشاري. كان دوباس ومساعده هانتر من أبرز المرشحين لهذا المنصب. ^{[ 10 ]} في 11 مايو 2018، عُيّن دوباس المدير العام السابع عشر في تاريخ النادي. ^{[ 12 ]} بعد فترة وجيزة من تعيين دوباس، غادر كل من هانتر ولاموريلو المنظمة. ^{[ 13 ]} من أولى مهام دوباس في منصبه الجديد كانت اختيار اللاعبين الجدد في دوري الهوكي الوطني لعام 2018. قام بمبادلة اختيار فريقه في الجولة الأولى (المركز 25) مع فريق سانت لويس بلوز مقابل اختيارهم في المركز 29 واختيار إضافي في المركز 76. اختار فريق تورنتو مابل ليفز المدافع السويدي راسموس ساندين، الذي لعب في دوري الهوكي الكندي (OHL) مع فريق سو سانت ماري. فريق ماري غرايهاوندز، الفريق السابق لدوباس. ^{[ 14 ] [ 15 ]}

في موسمه الأول كمدير عام، خسر فريق تورنتو مابل ليفز أمام بوسطن بروينز في الجولة الأولى، بسبع مباريات. ^{[ 16 ]} خلال الموسم، دخل دوباس والفريق في نزاع تعاقدي حظي بتغطية إعلامية واسعة مع المهاجم ويليام نيلاندر ، اللاعب الحر المقيد ، واستمر النزاع شهرين من بداية الموسم. واتفق نيلاندر والفريق في النهاية على عقد لمدة ست سنوات، قبل دقائق فقط من الموعد النهائي للفرق للتوصل إلى اتفاقيات مع اللاعبين الأحرار المقيدين. ^{[ 17 ]} كما جدد دوباس عقد نجم الوسط أوستن ماثيوز لمدة خمس سنوات. ^{[ 18 ] [ 19 ]}

Notable moves in the 2019–20 season, his second in the position, included trading Nazem Kadri to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Tyson Barrie and Alexander Kerfoot, clearing Nikita Zaitsev's and Patrick Marleau's contracts in separate deals, and re-signing Mitch Marner to a six-year contract after another contract dispute which lasted through the summer and into the opening day of training camp.^{[20][21][22][23]} He also fired head coach Mike Babcock after a poor start to the season, promoting Marlies head coach Keefe, who he had previously worked with on the Greyhounds and Marlies, to replace Babcock.^[24] However, during his second season, the team fell in the qualifying round at the hands of the Columbus Blue Jackets and failed to make the playoffs.^[25]

Off the ice, Dubas hired Hayley Wickenheiser to serve as assistant director of player development.^[26] When hiring scouts, Dubas introduced a system of blinded reviews, where scouting reports by potential hires were submitted anonymously, to remove bias from the process. One of the highest scorers during this stage was Noelle Needham, who was hired as an amateur scout to cover the Midwest region of the United States.^[27] Dubas has expressed a belief that increasing the diversity of the Maple Leafs staff will result in improved performance, saying "Research shows the more diverse your organization, the better your decision-making and the better your operation in general. If you're only hiring white males – and I'm saying that as a white male – you're probably leaving a lot of good people, in terms of where your organization can go and how it can think and how it can evolve and develop."^[27] During the 2018–19 season, Dubas received praise for the way he handled allegations that defenceman Morgan Rielly used a homophobic slur during a game. Rielly was cleared the following day after an investigation by the NHL. At a press conference, the following day, Dubas said "It's incumbent on us in management to build an environment if someone were gay, or were questioning their sexual orientation, that they don't feel that they have to come in here and be somebody that they're not."^[28]

In December 2019, when Ilya Mikheyev suffered a laceration on his wrist and was removed from an away game with the New Jersey Devils and had to undergo surgery at University Hospital in Newark,^[29] Dubas and assistant athletic trainer Jon Geller cleared their schedules so Mikheyev would have familiar people around in the three days between his surgery and flying back to Toronto. ^[30]

With his contract expiring, Dubas departed the Maple Leafs after the team's elimination from the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[31]

Dubas was hired as president of hockey operations for the Pittsburgh Penguins on June 1, 2023,^[32] replacing Brian Burke, and subsequently assuming the role of interim general manager.^[33] Dubas then promoted himself to permanent general manager on August 3, officially replacing Ron Hextall.^[34]

On April 10, 2025, he was named general manager of the Canada men's national team for the 2025 World Championship.^[35]