Confirmed with Link: Leafs fire Burke

[Ivyy13]

“@TSNBobMcKenzie: Toronto Maple Leafs have apparently fired Brian Burke as general manager. Working on official confirmations.â€

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[RussellmaniaKW]

wow!

 

[Gee Wally]

LOL !

this outta be pissah.



Did he offer Kessel for BobbyLou?

or

Did he want Timmah instead?

 

[DaStinger]

I almost feel bad for them now, shoulda happened 3 years ago. Guy set them back years in their rebuild and somehow managed to stick around when Wilson got fired....

 

[go_leafs_go02]

Mindboggling at this point...

 

[Zdeno33Lucic*]

Lol.. Out of nowhere!

 

[MaritimeHockeyNut]

holy burkola

 

[McBrom7]

well then...

Does that mean no "win-win" trades??

 

[Fire Sweeney]

Fire Chiarelli and hire him

http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey...3/hiring_this_former_duck_would_fit_the_bill/

 

[trenton1]

strange timing if true.

 

[DaStinger]

Fire Chiarelli and hire him

http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey...3/hiring_this_former_duck_would_fit_the_bill/

Yikes am I glad that never happened....

 

[Kegs]

On behalf of all bruins fans i'd like to say, "thank you."

 

[Kaoz*]

Wow, just confirmed by Kypreos on twitter.

And there was supposed to be a Luongo deal announced tomorrow.

 

[CDJ]

He'll be out of a job for 5 seconds.

But thank you BURKE! He rebuilt our franchise more than he rebuilt Toronto's

 

[24giovanni]

Did the Leaf's owner just find out what the Bruins received in the trade for Kessel ? LOL

 

[Btown]

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy...

 

[MaritimeHockeyNut]

I hear Gauthier is availible.

 

[DoubleAAAA]

Wow, just confirmed by Kypreos on twitter.

And there was supposed to be a Luongo deal announced tomorrow.

Can't happen until the MOU is ratified and that's not happening until Saturday, so there is some falsity to that rumour. Could still happen, but it wouldn't have happened tomorrow regardless.

 

[patty59]

looks good on him

 

[KnightofBoston]

Strange time to do it in my opinion

But hey, thanks for building our franchise Burkie!

 

[Winnwell Cooperalls]

Thanks Burke. Leafs board just imploded.

 

[Spooner st]

Wow, just confirmed by Kypreos on twitter.

And there was supposed to be a Luongo deal announced tomorrow.

That's probably the reason, before he closed the deal.

 

[Kegs]

Did the Leaf's owner just find out what the Bruins received in the trade for Kessel ? LOL

Leaf fans are happy with the trade. And that's what counts ! Now let's send Brian Burke a thank you card. I wonder if hallmark has a "thanks for your time as gm" cards...

 

[doubleminor138]

Well, I surely have no hard feelings. But he screwed up Toronto's talent pool pretty good before they dumped him.

 

[GloveSave1]

Mindboggling at this point...

Wow. Yeah, that was my reaction. Seems like the Leafs made a decision to stick with him a decent while back, kinda weird they changed their minds at this moment. Maybe they now have someone in mind to move on?