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Originally Posted by Badgers Nose
Makes sense to me. So I wonder if the Flames have assured Burke that his is a ten year position?
In Toronto the team he inherited was about as bad as the Flames. He asked for 5 years, got it and was canned just as they were starting to get good. They seem to be going backwards now.
So does he get a longer term guarantee here?
Comparing TOR and CGY I don't see much difference in terms of budget, both spend. The market might be a little tougher under the current CBA. The contract dumps he keep mentioning are a pet peeve of Bettman, for example the deal Burke did for Kolzig was smart, but the NHL managed to find a way to claw back the little victory Burke achieved. So is that really an option?
Sucks for whoever he hires that Burke has already set the expectation of a fast rebuild. Feaster wasted time with all his "I did not come here to trade Jarome' and re-load nonsense. Should have hit bottom faster.
Not sure what A-level talent would want this job. 2 years of a rebuild wasted, a boss who will give your performance review on live TV and who will passive aggressively interfere through the media. Yuck.
Niewy is too smart to take this job.
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So you're saying that the Leafs are going backwards because Burke left? Maybe Burke didn't leave behind such a great team. If anything, in acquiring Bernier Nonis brought in a guy who masked a lot of the deficiencies of a team mainly assembled by Burke and resembling his vision of how a team should play.