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Originally Posted by djsFlames

Right....

Did I say the sky was falling? I'm really not that paranoid about it, just edgy about the manner in which Burke sometimes speaks of the prospects. I was more or less explaining the likely reasoning behind those who are bothered by the comments. I myself raised an eyebrow at the quote initially, I wasn't exactly suffocating in paranoia, but like I reminded everyone in the post, I am sure that there is plenty of conversation that goes on behind the curtain and that it's not truly an issue. I was more irked by the 2011 draft comments, which I believe were a mistake on his part to be going public with, with the trade deadline approaching and all. At the same time for you to be guaranteeeing something is a bit ridiculous in itself. So long as you're not tapped into Burke's phone calls you can't say anything is certain. Unless you're working with interpol or the canadian secret service, 'BACON' or whatever it's called again (hah) and have access to this.

But of course, nice job with the whole.. dissection.. of the thing, despite it really not being necessary. I hope you can help cure me of these pathological fears that are clearly borderlining on paranoia.

And forgive me, as being a STH I didn't quite take these comments quite as 'off the record'. Especially when many quotes instantly get leaked all over places like CP, twitter, so on, which Burke himself should expect. Nothing these days (and in this league) is exactly entirely off the record when you're that position, speaking about your team to basically a large group of clients...

Lol holy #### man, this is most rabidly defensive post I've seen on the internet in 2014 so far. Your concern over the 2011 draft comments were about he only thing that was relevant, the rest is you going "No I'm not paranoid".