Kyle Dubas’ unceremonious exit, the profile of a GM replacement, and the path moving forward for the Maple Leafs

Brendan Shanahan, Mitch Marner, Toronto Maple LeafsThe dust has begun to settle since Brendan Shanahan called a Friday afternoon press conference ahead of a long weekend and announced that Kyle Dubas will not be returning as General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The fallout has been fascinating to follow. Fans and media alike have bounced between attempting to sort out what happened and trying to figure out what comes next.

In retrospect, the end result – following Kyle Dubas’ press conference last Monday – is not all too surprising, but the manner in which the breakup shook out perhaps was. After the Kyle Dubas press conference, I reported the following:

I have been told the…