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 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 the 37-year-old, whose contract
