The hockey world is on fire right now. Which, like, it’s a good fire? Like, one that clears a lot of underbrush and makes way for new things to grow. 

Anyways, in case you were offline for a couple of days, here is a summary of what happened:

- Don Cherry got the boot. I know, this was already a week ago or something, but it fits in so nicely with all that’s about to come in this list. 

- Mike Babcock was fired. Shortly after, Ian Tulloch broke a story about Babcock emotionally manipulating Mitch Marner in his rookie season.

- Which prompted Akim Aliu to speak out about Mike Babcock protege Bill Peters, who verbally abused him with racial slurs and, according to former Canes Player Michal Jordan, assaulted his own players on the bench. Aliu by the way is the guy who a couple of years ago whistleblew on hazing in the OHL.

- The dumpster fire meanwhile spread to Seattle. The still unnamed NHL team there has a GM. That GM is Ron Francis. Who apparently knew of the allegations against Peters and didn’t give a flying fuck. 

- And now former NHL player and mental health advocate Dan Carcillo came out with allegations against the Sutter family. As in Daryl Sutter, former coach for the LA Kings. Apparently another Sutter (presumably one of his brothers) coached in the WHL and Carcillo provided a truly chilling picture of a hazing incident. (TRIGGER WARNING by the way...)

Jonathan Larivee of Hockey Feed has just reported from a report written by AP's Stephen Whyno that the Kings have fired GM Dean Lombardi and head coach Daryl Sutter.

Both Lombardi and Sutter were responsible for the Kings' two Stanley Cup wins, but after early exits from the playoffs and not making the playoffs this year, the team had to let them go.