Ferguson Fired!

Well it seems it's finally happened. Fans and experts have been speculating all year that John Ferguson's time as Toronto's general manager was running short, and it has finally happened. Today the press release came out that Ferguson has been fired, so it looks like Toskala's team is going to have a new GM.

In his reaction he claimed that he "was proud of what he accomplished while working as a general manager". In my opinion, there isn't much to be proud of, as look at Toronto's record, but I'll refrain from my opinion.

It is said that around 10:30 this morning he was fired, but when asked what was said to Ferguson, he declined to say what was said, in a roundabout way.

Richard Peddie, who is the president and CEO of the Leafs, says that the "previous general manager" namely, John Ferguson, failed to find a direction for the team, and that "change and new direction is needed." Also, Peddie said "regrettably we did not win enough games, and did not reach our goal of winning the Stanley Cup" and "that team performance is falling short of what is expected."

Although, when talking about Toronto's previous general manager, Peddie said that "John is as good a man as you'll ever meet" and "we wish John well in further continuing his hockey career".

Peddie, when talking about newly assigned general manager Cliff Fletcher, who has been hired on a interim basis, says that Fletcher will help with "establishing a new foundation from which the next general manager can build." Peddie claims that he is confident in Fletcher, and that he is proud to have Fletcher, who has 50+ years of hockey experience, on the Toronto Maple Leaf's team.

So we give the best of luck to Fletcher, and hope that he can build a new foundation for the next general manager.