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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
I will repeat, because I live here and I had forgotten, just how lousy the Nucks were when Burke took over, he got the Messier Canucks who were god awefull and completly lacking in both talant and prospects, he rapidly turned them into the Naslund Bertuzzi Canucks who were a good team by anyones standards,mostly by trades while at the same time drafting the foundations of the current Canucks.
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New GMs always reap the rewards of old GMs...even the ones taking over terrible teams. Even Burke who turned the Messier canucks into the Naslund-Bertuzzi canucks reaped the rewards of his predecessors. For one Burke didn't acquire Naslund or Bertuzzi. Quinn acquired Naslund (for Stojanov) and Keenan acquired Bertuzzi when he filled in as GM on an interim basis. Also on that roster before Burke were Ohlund, McCabe and Aucoin. Guys that formed the core of the team under the first couple years of Burke. He also had an unhappy Pavel Bure coming off of a 50 goal season to deal (to get Jovanovski and of course McCabe was used to get the second Sedin).