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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
I think there is more to it. A knee-jerk fire like this almost surely means something went on behind the scenes IMO.
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Maybe but what changed in the past week that couldn't have been addressed over the past four months? IMO it's reasonable to expect that Luongo is involved. I expect Leafs ownership believes they are a goaltender away from making some sort of run in this 48 game season and that Burke wanted to wait out Gillis and get Luongo on his terms (no assets in return or wait him out to be UFA) and didn't want to look like a fool for going back on his principles and dealing for a contract he spoke out against.