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Originally Posted by UKflames
Hated the Burke hiring from the start and hate it even more now. Call it over reaction to his comments but I think Sven is gone at some point this season and some of our other prospects won't be far behind. Burke doesn't like skilled Euros and prefers his big tough North Americans, Johnny hockey you're on the clock.
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While I'm luke warm on the idea of Burke meddling and running the show, I really doubt that Burke will be able to single-handily run Johnny Hockey out of town. Feaster, Conroy, Weisbord and the entire organization have spent countless hours investing in Gadureau's development and working with him to be a part of the organization. If Burke can waltz in and convince the entire hockey operations staff that Gadureau is expendable then the Flames are a complete write off of a franchise.
I'm still weary of Burke's involvement in the franchise, but I have to question how much authority Burke really does have. For the past three years the Flames organization has been talking about decision making by a collective and if that's all of sudden thrown out the window because Burke is the President of Hockey operations then we're in a lot of trouble.