(Toronto) Kyle Dubas has chosen to leave in an honorable manner.
The former Maple Leafs general manager — fired last week after a five-day radio silence following the Torontonians’ elimination in the second round of the Eastern Association playoffs — released a statement on Twitter, without going into details. details surrounding his departure.
Dubas was fired suddenly last Friday, capping a bizarre period that began with the Leafs’ late-season record in which the 37-year-old general manager expressed doubts about whether he would continue in his role.
Leafs president Brendan Shanahan detailed the process that led to his firing of Dubas during a Friday afternoon press conference, hours after the team announced the manager’s ‘departure’ general.
Shanahan said he advised Dubas, whose contract was set to expire on June 30, not to discuss his immediate future with reporters following the Leafs’ five-game elimination to the Carolina Panthers. Florida.
Dubas had mentioned during a press conference held on May 15 that the 2022-23 season had been difficult for his young family, and that he needed time to reflect on what to do next.
Shanahan, who initially wanted Dubas back, said five days later during his media briefing that he had gradually changed his tune as the week progressed.
Shanahan pointed out that Dubas sent him an email Thursday evening in which he indicated that he wanted to continue as general manager, but that this exchange occurred after the team – this is, again, the version of the president — would have received improved contractual requests.
In the meantime, Shanahan said he had made up his mind and was sure the Toronto club needed a leadership change.
“At a time when I felt I needed to assess my vision for the future, both in terms of running the club and ensuring that I had the full support of my family regarding all my obligations during the off-season and beyond, the organization, as is its right to do, decided to go in a different direction,” Dubas said in his social media statement.
Dubas, who was hired as assistant general manager in 2014 at the age of 28 and then promoted to general manager in 2018 after Shanahan fired Lou Lamoriello from management, referred to his career in sawtooth in Toronto in its press release.
“It has been an honor to be able to work in such an inspiring place, with dedicated and loyal people and with an extremely passionate fan base,” he wrote Monday. The impact of this and the relationships that have been created with all the people at (Maple Leaf Sports