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Leafs fire GM Kyle Dubas after 5 seasons to end stunning, roller coaster week
Brendan Shanahan started the week wanting to keep Kyle Dubas in the fold.A stunning, roller-coaster five days culminated with the Toronto Maple Leafs now in the market for a new general manager ahead of what could be a defining summer for the success-starved Original Six franchise.Shanahan, the team’s president, fired his 37-year-old GM on Friday, bringing an end to a tumultuous stretch that began with Dubas stating publicly Monday he wasn’t certain he wanted to remain in the role.The Leafs said in a press release issued shortly after 12 p.m. ET the organization was “parting ways” with Dubas, whose contract was set to expire June 30, after five seasons in charge.But in a detailed opening statement that lasted more than 11 minutes at a press conference in the bowels of Scotiabank Arena some three hours later, Shanahan said he decided to hand Dubas his walking papers that morning.