Confirmed with Link: Brian Burke Fired, Hired as Senior Advisor | Dave Nonis Hired.

[pspot]

was probably asked to do something and refused

timing is crazy

 

[VeteranNetPresence]

don't know why the leafs fired him, i liked him as a GM when he was with the canucks

 

[momo]

Speculations suggest Don Cherry is stepping in as the new Leafs GM.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Pray for Rielly and our 1st folks. Hope that ownership doesnt do something rash.

On a side note.....how the **** does Colangelo keep his job while Burke gets the axe?

i dunno im just confused there must be something going on, must be more to this.

 

[Kamal007]

DUMBEST move ever. WTF is MLSE thinking? What is rogers/bell thinking? Come on.... I can't wait to see Nonis rip this team apart trying to get Luongo, trading 2nds, 3rds and 4ths in the process of trying to make the playoffs. Soooooo Pejorative Slured.

I can't believe Colangelo outlasted Burke. This is the reason these teams will never win ****.

 

[AndMat*]

This is so omg im gonna go break windows and the acc

 

[ACC1224]

Cue the overpayment for Luongo.

 

[Sokil]

WHAT THE **** IS THIS ********! WORST ****ING TIMING EVER. ATLEAST GIVE HIM THE SHORTENED SEASON FOR ****SAKES. WTF.

Why? So he can do more damage? He'd be a lame duck anyway. The guy is a total clown with no track record here except for blunders, failure, and sound bytes.

Bring in a new guy now to right the ship and get accustomed to things before the offseason. It's not like many moves can be made now on a shortened season.

 

[Hymanbrah]

Stupid move. If you were going to fire him it should have been done at the end of last season.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

This has me scared. I really, really, do not want an interfering ownership group. Burke had control and I liked that.

Exactly.

 

[Dangles McGavin]

Is it possible that Burke quit?

Man, I really liked Brian.

 

[I Believe]

Does Nonis take over? The timing of all this seems really bizarre.

 

[Dayjobdave]

I guess it was a slow news day.

Wow.

 

[Warden of the North]

its going to be difficult to work this aft.

lol

 

[stakesishigh]

What the hell?! At a time like this?!

Not down with this at all.

 

[Leaf Army]

If it wasn't official before, it is now. This franchise is a mess. Complete disaster.

 

[Newfie John]

Anaheim Ducks, part 2?

I wish.

The timing of this is just odd. What he was building was just starting to come together with all sorts of cap space, good young players, and 1 or 2 pieces missing.

Odd.

 

[Jacob8hockey*]

Actually shocked, what's the plan for how the team will be built now?

 

[Whileee]

This has to be over Luongo one way or another

Any franchise that would put a goalie deal ahead of the GM/President in terms of overall importance is too screwed up for words.

I doubt that this was about the hockey side of the operation, or they would have done this before now.

 

[Amadeus]

Holy this is a shocker! I'm stunned.

I guess empty promises and a lack of true direction throughout his tenure lead to this.

I hope they bring someone from outside and not promote from within. I don't want Nonis as he was directly under Burke and has that sense of loyalty for him.

I'd want someone with a good resume.

 

[Michael Gary Scott]

GIFSoup

 

[ALine]

Luongo for Gardiner or something equally ridiculous incoming.

 

[Sokil]

This has me scared. I really, really, do not want an interfering ownership group. Burke had control and I liked that.

What interference? They didn't hire him. His "control" is grossly overrated.

 

[I am the Liquor]

Good for you guys, although the damage he caused will take time to overcome. As long as you dont hire Doug Maclean to be his replacement this is a watershed day for Leaf fans.

 

[TMLeafer]

What? Why?