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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
I don't remember enough about what happened, but is the way he handled Kadri any cause for concern?
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Originally Posted by browna
Given the ridiculous, selfish attitude that Kadri has shown in spades this offseason (looking for Tavares type money, already, after a decent season in a lockout shortened season??), its pretty clear that Burke treating him the way he did was fully justified.
With the TO media pushing a local guy and a top 10 pick, combined with the pouty attitude and lack of fitness he had a couple years ago, Burke holding him back was that much harder to do, but it was for the player's benefit for a number of reasons (though it doesn't seem to have changed the guys attitude).
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Burke can play the part of the bully and mistreat prospects. He did it to Umberger in Vancouver and Vancouver ended up squandering a good asset. As for Kadri, I think it was mostly the coaches that were critical of Kadri.
Is it a concern? The concern is whether it is to the detriment of the team in the long run. Let's face it, if it's about justification, a lot of prospects and young players would be taught some "life lessons" but for the benefit of the team, all you can really hope for is a player's on-ice performance isn't negatively affected by anything.