Comments on: The Burke era in Toronto’s been rough — but so was the one preceding it http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/10/the-burke-era-in-torontos-been-rough-but-so-was-the-one-preceding-it/ ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.com Wed, 22 May 2013 06:31:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: bjbeliever http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/10/the-burke-era-in-torontos-been-rough-but-so-was-the-one-preceding-it/comment-page-1/#comment-97227 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:34:07 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828750#comment-97227 granted Komisarek’s contract is at best questionable…but I think implying that Kaberle and Seguin were the reason Boston got the title to be a bit much

]]> By: phillyphever http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/10/the-burke-era-in-torontos-been-rough-but-so-was-the-one-preceding-it/comment-page-1/#comment-97211 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 18:24:42 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828750#comment-97211 Yeah, who needs Jeff Finger when you have Mike Komisarek and his albratross of a contract. Face it, Burke has no idea what he’s doing (besides giving Boston a title).

]]> By: bjbeliever http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/10/the-burke-era-in-torontos-been-rough-but-so-was-the-one-preceding-it/comment-page-1/#comment-97204 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:11:31 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828750#comment-97204 Ya who needs someone that knows how to find unsigned talent and stock a farm system without any real top flight draft picks…I mean to think he couldn’t rebuild the team bottom up in three years….useless….when you come to a squad that has everybody on no trade contracts just tell them tough beans. Oh and send a memo to Jeff Finger letting him know were done signing players for $4mil a year to play on the farm team.

Easy on Burke, he gets blamed for everything management did before him, and once the media is successful in scapegoating him out of town, the next GM will get all the credit for the system he left behind. tough gig.

]]> By: blomfeld http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/10/the-burke-era-in-torontos-been-rough-but-so-was-the-one-preceding-it/comment-page-1/#comment-97172 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:05:07 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828750#comment-97172 Both Brian Burke and his “man-woman” c-grade newscaster wife Jennifer Lo are a complete joke … so if there is a season at all, then look for this clown to be liquidated by it’s end …

]]> By: cowboyscanada http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/10/the-burke-era-in-torontos-been-rough-but-so-was-the-one-preceding-it/comment-page-1/#comment-97123 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:48:07 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828750#comment-97123 Im all for Burke remaining with the Leafs for years to come! That can only help the Habs. Burkes ego will keep the leafs from winning for another few decades…

]]> By: craigmaitland http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/10/the-burke-era-in-torontos-been-rough-but-so-was-the-one-preceding-it/comment-page-1/#comment-97110 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:18:14 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828750#comment-97110 Lol at “they have direction now” they haven’t been to the playoffs in a decade yet still have no young superstars to show for it.

]]> By: 1943mrmojorisin1971 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/10/the-burke-era-in-torontos-been-rough-but-so-was-the-one-preceding-it/comment-page-1/#comment-97109 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:15:51 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828750#comment-97109 Any team would want a healthy JVR, although it remains to be seen if there is such a thing.

Teams also like gritty fourth-line energy guys, and few are better than Brown. Guy gives no less than 100% every second of every shift and doesn’t back down form anyone. A lot of NHL coaches like that kind of player.

]]> By: elguapo12 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/10/the-burke-era-in-torontos-been-rough-but-so-was-the-one-preceding-it/comment-page-1/#comment-97095 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 07:58:18 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828750#comment-97095 Kessel and Gardiner, yes. JVR was a castoff as proven by the underachiever he was dealt for. Gardiner sure. Brown? Err, okay. Maybe for my AHL fantasy team.

]]> By: 1943mrmojorisin1971 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/10/the-burke-era-in-torontos-been-rough-but-so-was-the-one-preceding-it/comment-page-1/#comment-97094 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:37:07 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828750#comment-97094 Gardiner, JVR, Kessel, Lupul, Brown.

]]> By: cowboyscanada http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/10/the-burke-era-in-torontos-been-rough-but-so-was-the-one-preceding-it/comment-page-1/#comment-97090 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 04:54:32 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828750#comment-97090 Burke should be fired. This egomaniac shouldnt be in the league.

]]> By: elguapo12 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/10/the-burke-era-in-torontos-been-rough-but-so-was-the-one-preceding-it/comment-page-1/#comment-97089 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 04:43:47 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828750#comment-97089 Ah, now they’re the second-youngest team in the league. Much better than being the youngest, which was the mantra for the last few years. Name 5 players that another team would want…

]]> By: somekat http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/10/the-burke-era-in-torontos-been-rough-but-so-was-the-one-preceding-it/comment-page-1/#comment-97088 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 04:15:14 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828750#comment-97088 The thing is, when you trade away those picks for Kessel, you are saying it is going to be a quick fix. If he is asking Leafs fans to be patient, he shouldn’t trade away top draft picks for a single player. To me, it looks like he tried to follow the flyers model (They were very bad, drafted JVR, and traded future picks for Pronger), but failed miserably.

Overall, he hasn’t been bad. Like you said, they are much better stocked for the future than they have been. But his signature move was not a “give us time” move, it was a move that SHOULD be to make a move now. You don’t trade away those picks wth the plan of having any chance at those being top 5 picks

]]> By: j22j http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/10/the-burke-era-in-torontos-been-rough-but-so-was-the-one-preceding-it/comment-page-1/#comment-97085 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 03:15:05 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828750#comment-97085 The Leafs have come a long way since Burke took the job. Not all his moves have been Gems, but he has the team well stocked for the future, something that was definitely lacking before he took the reigns. I know its hard to be patient, but the massive hole Ferguson had dug for the team is not something you can climb out of overnight. The way he is building the team is not a quick fix. It is a complete renovation that should leave the team in position to not just make the playoffs for a year or two, but to compete for many years and hopefully eventually end the long Cup drought.

]]> By: phillyphever http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/10/the-burke-era-in-torontos-been-rough-but-so-was-the-one-preceding-it/comment-page-1/#comment-97078 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:52:13 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828750#comment-97078 Burke’s been overrated for years. It’s finally caught up to him in Toronto.

]]> By: 1943mrmojorisin1971 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/10/the-burke-era-in-torontos-been-rough-but-so-was-the-one-preceding-it/comment-page-1/#comment-97077 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:52:00 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828750#comment-97077 Second youngest team in the league if I’m not mistaken. People need to be patient, a word members of the media in this town don’t recognize.

]]> By: t16rich http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/10/the-burke-era-in-torontos-been-rough-but-so-was-the-one-preceding-it/comment-page-1/#comment-97076 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:41:18 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=828750#comment-97076 He does himself no favors. Just let the Toronto media be who they are, don’t battle it. Arguing with a fool only makes you a fool.

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