9:15 PM:
- James Mirtle via twitter: Mirtle notes that things didn’t end well between Joffrey Lupul and Randy Carlyle in Anaheim.
- Dennis Bernstein via twitter: Bernstein wonders about Carlyle’s fit in the pressure cooker of Toronto if he hasn’t changed from his Anaheim days.
- Jim Diamond via twitter: Ron Wilson now joins Ken Hitchcock as being coaches that have been fired by 3 teams since Barry Trotz started coaching the Predators.
8:40 PM:
- Renaud Lavoie via twitter: The Maple Leafs will have a players meeting at 10:00 tonight. Randy Carlyle should be the next coach.
- Damien Cox via twitter: “Confirmed Randy Carlyle expected to be next Leaf head coach.”
8:35 PM:
- TSN: The Toronto Maple Leafs have fired head coach Ron Wilson according to Darren Dreger. A replacement has been named but it is believed that it could be Randy Carlyle.The Leafs have only won 1 game in their last 11 and have dropped to 11th place in the conference.
- Bob McKenzie via twitter: “Bet on Randy Carlyle being behind TOR’s bench tomorrow night.”
