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Originally Posted by Burke Salad
These GM's/hockey executives lie through there teeth on a constant basis when it comes to the media.
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Hate to quibble on this point, but while that might be true for a majority of executives, Burke is not in that camp. Go look at the interview he did for the upcoming draft on the Flames website (also on this site under a video thread for the draft). He states bluntly that the media deserves to ask questions for the fans and the fans deserve straightforward and honest answers. He does however go on to state that the only time he believes in being dishonest to the media is at the draft in order to get someone else to make the wrong pick or stay away from guys they like.
I know people will say, "If he's willing to lie there, why wouldn't he lie at other times?", and all I can really say is that, from what I've seen, Burke's record backs his words. He rarely makes comments that straightforward without it being the truth.