Burke's drafting history
1993 - Chris Pronger 2nd overall, Marek Malik 72rd overall, Nolan Pratt 115th, Manny Legace 188 - pretty good draft for Burke
1998 - Bryan Allen 4th overall, Artem Chubarov 31st overall, Jarko Ruutu 68th overall, busts out on his other 9 picks - ok draft
1999 - Sedin's, nothing else - pretty good draft to get two anchors for your team for the next 10-15 years
2000 - 7 picks, nothing squat - terrible draft
2001 - RJ Umberger (could not sign him, traded him and a prospect for Martin Rucinsky), Kevin Bieksa - Bieksa was a great find in the 5th round but he got next to nothing for a first round pick
2002 - nothing
2003 - Kesler, nothing else - below average draft
2005 - Bobby Ryan 2nd overall and Brendan Mickelson nothing else - pretty poor draft
2006 - Matt Belesky, nothing else - terrible draft
2007 - 8 picks and the best player was Erik Tangradi. Horrific draft
2009 - Nazem Kadri 5th overall, nothing else - does not look like a good draft right now
2010 - Nothing right now
2011 - Nothing right now
2012 - Rielly at 5th overall
Looks pretty sparse for old Brian Burke in terms of drafting. For the most part it appears that Burke is bit like Kevin Lowe in terms of drafting, he does pretty good with top 5 picks and after that he does nothing.
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