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Originally Posted by Tinordi
Burke could have thought "if I buckle or break now on cammalleri then that means that in the future some GM might think I'll buckle or break with an even more important deal on the table. Frankly getting a 4th rounder is less valuable to me than it impacting my future negotiations for potentially more important trades to the franchise."
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Then Burke is being selfish and is hurting the Calgary Flames for his own personal benefit. He's not supposed to be the GM of this team past the season remember... any "message sending" of this nature burnishes his own reputation not the reputation of whomever is hired to be the GM longterm.