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Maurice Fired
by Paul on 05/07/08 at 10:12 AM ET
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from TSN,
The Toronto Maple Leafs have fired coach Paul Maurice, sources tell TSN.
Maurice had one year remaining on his original three-year contract.
added 11:42am, Leafs have called a major news conference for 3pm today.
Update 1:20pm ET: Some analysis from Adam Proteau at The Hockey News. To wit… Maurice was fired 3 months too late.
Update 3:06pm ET: Not much said at the press conference but a couple quotes from GM Cliff Fletcher related to the termination of Maurice and Randy Ladouceur . Specifically:
“This is the start of a new era for the Maple Leafs” and
“There will be substantial news coming from the hockey club in the next 6-10 weeks.”
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I assume Mike Babcock will take over. He’s pretty familiar with Toronto’s management team: Ken Holland, Jim Nill, Scotty Bowman and Steve Yzerman. Its just makes sense.
Posted by KP on 05/07/08 at 10:41 AM ET