'We roll from here': Ex-Maple Leafs GM Dubas releases statement in wake of firing

Kyle Dubas is taking the high road.

The former Maple Leafs general manager, fired last week to end a stunning five-day stretch in the wake of Toronto's second-round playoff exit, released a statement Tuesday on Twitter but didn't get into specifics regarding his dismissal.

Dubas was abruptly handed his walking papers Friday to cap a tumultuous period that began with a bizarre end-of-season press conference where the 37-year-old executive questioned if he wanted to continue in the role.

Leafs president Brendan Shanahan outlined in great deal the process that led to him axing Dubas during a Friday afternoon press conference, hours after Toronto announced it was "parting ways" with the GM.

Shanahan said at the time he advised Dubas, whose contract was set to expire June 30, not to speak with reporters following the Leafs' five-game loss to the Florida Panthers without clarity on the future.

Dubas said during that May 15 press conference the 2022-23 season was difficult on his young family and that he needed time to assess his path.

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Shanahan, who had initially wanted to keep Dubas on board, said five days later at his media availability that he started to feel differently as the week progressed.

Shanahan said Dubas sent him an email Thursday night indicating he did indeed want to continue as GM, but that came after the team — again, according to its president — received increased contract demands.

By that time, Shanahan said he'd made up his mind the Original Six franchise needed a change.

"In the days that I felt I needed to assess and evaluate my own view to the future, both with respect to the necessary direction of the club and ensuring that I had the