badams Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Burke told the Los Angeles Times that the rise in salaries for young players can be traced back to Lowe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Imagine the soapbox this guy would have in Toronto. I've never liked Burke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 What's wrong with being right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 Burke is right in saying that the second contract is now gone. Players go straight from entry level contracts to MASSIVE contracts. Even entry level contracts are huge for some if you count bonuses... for example Carey Price counts $2.2M against the cap because of bonuses on his entry level contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 i didn't say he was wrong actually. Totally agree with him, but he goes about things the wrong way imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badams Posted July 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 I agree with him too. I just like how he is always all over Lowe in the media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 I, too, love that he can't let the grudge with Lowe go! A year later and he's still barking about those offer sheets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 That's what i was getting at Dave. He is taking a personal fuck-over and relating it to the rest of the league. Lowe gave him the screw, granted, and Lower is gonna pay for it. But Lowe is not single handedly responsible for the entire (traditional) 2nd contract format being skipped. Why doesn't Burke come down on the other idiot GM's for following suit."If everyone jumped off a cliff...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 You're bang on about one other thing too - Burke is going to be a Quote Machine of epic proportions if/when he ends up in Toronto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 The name-calling is amping!This stuff puts Roller and I to shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 WWF Monday Night Raw....Burke and Lowe face off in the squared circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 "Where do I begin?," started Lowe. "He's a moron, first of all. Secondly, he really believes that any news for the NHL is good news. Thirdly, he loves the limelight and I don't think anyone in hockey will dispute that. Lastly, he's in a pathetic hockey market where they can't get on any page of the newspaper let alone the front page of the sports, so any of this stuff carries on." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 I'm sick and tired of it. I know everybody in hockey is. I know our peers are like, 'Well, that's Burkie.' This guy is an absolute media junkie and I guess he's achieving what he wants because he gets his name in the headlines. But the reality is, I hate the fact that my name is linked to his. He's an underachieving wanna-be in terms of success in the NHL. He won a Stanley Cup? Great. I've won six Stanley Cups, you want to count rings? Who cares, it's just a little pathetic that he carries on." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 It's 3 am, I'm drunk and I can read this shit over and over again and it still makes me laugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 I finally got around to reading what Lowe said on that radio interview on Friday. It's brilliant! I was laughing as well. Gotta love it when people involved in professional athletics drop the gloves and say what they feel without candy-coating it. "Where do I begin?," started Lowe. "He's a moron, first of all. He won a Stanley Cup? Great. I've won six Stanley Cups, you want to count rings? Who cares, it's just a little pathetic that he carries on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 And Bettman puts an end to all the fun ... what a fucker:A few days after Edmonton Oilers' Kevin Lowe fired back at rival GM Brian Burke, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman tried to pour water on the feud of the two rival team executives.Following comments by Burke over the past year and comments Lowe made recently to an Edmonton radio station, Bettman ordered the two to cease and desist in a conference call Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 A bit more........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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