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Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
Gretzky is talking about summer 1988. Was Burke with VCR in 1988? Wasn't he GM of the Whalers or working in NHL head office? (Or still getting his law degree?)
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Burkie was the Canucks' president of hockey operations beginning in '87. He was essentially an assistant GM to Pat Quinn, who at the time was suspended by the NHL after walking away from his previous contract with the Kings.