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Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan
Not disagreeing or agreeing with the drafting records, but Burke's overall track record of taking Vancouver from a mess to a contendor, taking a decent Anaheim team and turning into a championship team, and taking the disasterous Maple Leafs and turning them into a solid playoff contendor cant be disputed.
We have to look at the overall picture and not just drafting.
This is absolutley the right man for this team at this point.
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I think you're right. Burke has been really good when it comes to trading and I think he's really good in certain areas of the business, but I don't think drafting is one of his bigger strengths. And this is a concern to me, since the Flames are in the middle of the rebuild and the draft is a huge part of that. Burke himself said we need to hit a few homeruns there and to me there are other candidates out there who I think are more capable of delivering that. That's why I hope they'll get Benning/Gorton/Futa/whoever for the draft.