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Originally Posted by $ven27
Wanna name some? Burke's one of the better GMs to be available in a while, along with JD.
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JD is more so an operator than a GM, he develops a team direction and hires knowledgable staff to follow it through.
Brian Burke for one, is an annoyance. Second his time with the leafs really soured me on him, not because of his trades etc. it was his lack of direction.
He used terms of truculence (SP?) etc but his team identity was not consistent. I believe the team carlisle has out there now (swapping orr in with scoring lines) is what burke believes in but that team wasn't iced until he was relieved of his duties.
A good GM knows the team identity he wants, can get ownership to buy in and can ice that (complete roster including coaches to perform that identity).
Until now toronto didn't have that identity, and for that he failed.