Twitter reaction: Maple Leafs fire Nonis, Horachek

Dave Nonis. (Chris Young/CP)

Sportsnet Staff April 12, 2015, 12:26 PM

The Toronto Maple Leafs rocked the hockey and Twitter worlds on Sunday, firing GM Dave Nonis, interim coach Peter Horachek and a number of other staff members.

While the news does not come as a surprise, moves were not expected to be made until Monday.

Fans and hockey insiders alike took to social media to voice their reactions to the men losing their jobs.

https://twitter.com/RealKyper/status/587281995711062016

Kyle Dubas and Mark Hunter assume #leafs GM duties on an interim basis.

— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) April 12, 2015

Nonis & Leafs coaching staff getting fired is like the Red Wedding except everyone saw it coming and nobody liked the characters killed off

— michael kolberg (@mikeykolberg) April 12, 2015

Nonis and Horachek pic.twitter.com/0dhZfN8qtE

— عمر (@sonofakka) April 12, 2015

https://twitter.com/jjpayne6889/status/587285618599862272

Nonis gone✔
Carlyle gone✔
Clarkson gone✔
Draft picks for rentals✔
Top 5 draft pick✔
This has been a great season in Leafland.

— Stats Sundin (@statssundin) April 12, 2015

You know it's been a depressing season when the highlight of the year is when Nonis & Horachek are fired. #Leafs

— Karmen Samra (@KSamra92) April 12, 2015

So how long before the Brian Burke-Dave Nonis bromance reunite in Calgary?

— Hosea Cheung | 張梓豪 (@hoseacheung) April 12, 2015

https://twitter.com/schocker17/status/587287663683579906

Have to feel for Horachek at least a little. Steps in as Captain of the Titanic with the iceberg 10 feet away, then fired because it sank.

— Ryan Stewart (@Ryfostew) April 12, 2015