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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
A random fun fact about Brian Burke: with TOR in 2011, he traded up in the draft to pick #22 to select [big, truculent, American, great name] Tyler Biggs, who barely managed to play 50+ games twice in the AHL (mostly ECHL). He ended up a contract throw-in on the Kessel to PIT deal 5 years later.
ANA used pick 30 to draft Rakell, and pick 39 on John friggin' Gibson. Most succesfull trade down, ever?
FWIW I don't hate either BT and BB, but they've both made some Chiarelli-level deals.
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I hated the organization's decision to hire Brian Burke when it happened and in hindsight, I hate it more today. I don't know what they were thinking. His rebuild for the Leafs ended up as a complete disaster. That Luke Schenn trade. Hideous. Guy traded a 1st, 2nd and a 3rd to draft a defensive defensemen who was gone after just 4 seasons with his club. The Kessel trade cost Toronto a 2nd overall pick (Seguin) and 9th overall pick (D. Hamilton).
I hated the decision not to trade Cammalleri because he just ended up lighting it up after the deadline which helped the Flames win more games than they really needed to. Asking the the amateur scouting to find big goons like Keegan Kanzig and Hunter Smith was completely outdated. I think he even traded a couple assets for fighters who barely even played for the team or didn't play for the team. I bet that Brandon Bollig trade was his idea too. Just an awful awful antiquated GM. Great in front of a camera, but an atrocious general manager.