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Originally Posted by tkflames
I dont know if I like giving the guy all of the credit, but before taking on the Flames job Burke used to repeat one line that still rings true today...
In order to win the Stanley cup, you need to beat one big team, one fast team and one skilled team
Hard to argue with that...
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For all his abrasiveness and bluster, Brian Burke is a very smart hockey man.
People hate on him cause he is old and has opinions they don't like...but he also has a wealth of knowledge and understands the game inside and out.
As you point out...that formula is pretty bang on and what it means is pretty simple. You need to be able to play the game in different ways....so you need your roster construction to be such that you can do just that.
This team simply is not that...yet.