badams Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 (edited) Trying hard since 1967! Edited May 14, 2013 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 (edited) Edited January 6, 2013 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOutGuy Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 OUr luck this will be the year we win the cup and we will have the dreaded * beside the title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Please hire Pierre Gauthier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 (edited) Burke FIRED http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=413146 Edited January 9, 2013 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Please hire Pierre Gauthier.Ha! Now I'm expecting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 So Brian Burke was the main vocal opponent to the last CBA with regards to retaining salary in trades, stating correctly it would help facilitate trades. The new CBA introduces this concept and then BOOM.........Burke is fired. That's some sweet injustice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSloth Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 JFJ! JFJ! JFJ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 He's fired .... but kept on as a "senior advisor"? Hopefully it's just advising some seniors and not dealing with on-ice now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 He's fired .... but kept on as a "senior advisor"? It's not out of the ordinary. He's under contract and would be getting his money anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 I get that, but just release him then and pay him than try to gloss over the fact that you fired him. Silly.They aren't saying shit in this press conference either. This timing is def a result of a severe disagreement going down between the suits at the top and Burke.He should have been fired that moment he extended Wilson's contract, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSloth Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 They aren't saying shit in this press conference either. This timing is def a result of a severe disagreement going down between the suits at the top and Burke.Bobby Loooooooooooooooooooo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 What Burke Did In TO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 That's what most people figure. If we see a deal for Bobby Loo in the next week than it's blatantly obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Burke's time as GM in TO is what got him fired. You believe whatever you want Kev but the rest of it is just the bullshit gong-show that is the Maple Leafs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 hahaha, doesn't this picture just say it all?http://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/article/1312635--maple-leafs-fire-gm-brian-burke-reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Burke's time as GM in TO is what got him fired. You believe whatever you want Kev but the rest of it is just the bullshit gong-show that is the Maple Leafs. I dunno. If that were the case, why didn't they just fire him at the end of the last season? I'm thinking it's politics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Aside from not making the playoffs during his tenure and that 20/20 hindsight of a colossal waste of a trade known as Phil Kessel, let's just allow these words to properly show exactly wtf went down (or didn't go down I should say): "We require, as a team, proper levels of pugnacity, testosterone, truculence and belligerence. That's how our teams play," Burke said."I make no apologies for that. Our teams play a North American game. We're throwbacks. It's black-and-blue hockey. It's going to be more physical hockey here than people are used to."Everyone is going crazy because of the timing but if you look at it in it's simplest form this is a hockey move and one that shouldn't confuse anyone. He deserved to be fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 If I'm not mistaken, when he came in, the selling point was that he would build through the draft. But if you look back at what he did it was pretty much exactly the same as his predecessors; ignore the draft and try to build the team through trades (mostly with his old team too, how creative) and FA signings. He had such a big personality that I think everyone gave him the benefit of the doubt. In hindsight, it was just another 4 years of complete uselessness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 This is probably the best article I have read regarding Burke's firing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOutGuy Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 Brian shopped in my store today... he didnt look like a very happy man... go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 Projected fw lines, according to TSN:LW, C, RWLupul, Grabovski, KesselMacArthur, Bozak, Van RiemsdykFrattin, McClement (WHO?), Connolly, Brown, Steckel, KuleminKinda weird, can't see Kulemin on the 4th line, would switch him with Frattin at least. And where the hell is Lombardi? They've got him way down on the depth chart, but he's definitely a starter in my books, unless I'm missing something with this McClement character. Either way, leaves out Kadri, who is only 22 I might add. I say trade him to Columbus and let him flourish as the 1 dimensional sniper he should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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