So. This happened. The Toronto Maple Leafs have apparently fired general manager Brian Burke, as I’m sure you’ve heard by now. As is the norm with news of this nature, Twitter was abuzz with reaction. Here are some of the best.

How it began

Toronto Maple Leafs have apparently fired Brian Burke as general manager. Working on official confirmations.

— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) January 9, 2013

And…floodgates

The #Leafs have just set a new standard for stupid.

— Mike Spry (@mdspry) January 9, 2013

Later Burke. Thanks for the four years of… whatever the hell that was

— Ryan (@rfan_3) January 9, 2013

All I wanted was a quiet day on Twitter arguing about if Byfuglien looks thinner or not and MLSE ruined it for everyone.

— Melissa Martin (@DoubleEmMartin) January 9, 2013

“Fuck” – Bryan Colangelo

— Gourmet Spud (@gourmetspud) January 9, 2013

“That’s a great act, kid.What do you call it?” “The Leafs!”

— CorneliusHardenbergh (@HBAdventure) January 9, 2013

Preach

Unless they’re somehow hiring Ken Holland, Leafs won’t find a better GM than Burke. He needed 5 years minimum to fix that crap.

— Dobber (@DobberHockey) January 9, 2013

Leafs fans don’t get it. You can’t take a team where your best players are Stajan and Antropov, and fix that quickly.

— Dobber (@DobberHockey) January 9, 2013

The next, best hope

BREAKING: Leafs GM Brian Burke has been fired, horrifying cosmic entity Cthulhu named as interim GM.

— Ace (@SuicidePass) January 9, 2013

Some of my own thoughts forthcoming.