Everyone knows of the big trades he's made. But I was cruising through his trade history and noticed some interesting smaller trades he made the in past that may be of some interest here.
Lee Stempniak
Burke actually traded Lee Stempniak at a trade deadline once before. In 2010 he traded him to Phoenix for Matt Jones (played 90 games in the NHL but doesn't seem to have been playing anywhere when traded, might have just been to balance contracts), a 4th round pick and a 7th round pick. Stempniak was having a much better season in 2010 when he was traded than he is now.. so might want to temper expectation of much of return there.
Curtis Glencross
This was way back in 2007 before Glencross had become an NHLer. But Burke traded him in Anaheim to Columbus with Zenon Konpnka and a 7th round pick for two prospects (Mark Hartigan and Joe Motzko) who didn't pan out and a 4th rounder.
SIZE
In Toronto he didn't give up much for size. He acquired Brad May for a conditional 6th rounder (conditions weren't met). Jay Rosehill was acquired for future considerations. Mark Fraser was picked up for Dale Mitchell (low level prospect). Aaron Varos was picked up for a conditional 7th. Mike Brown was gotten for a 5th rounder.
In Anaheim he was more willing to spend for toughness. Picked up Todd Fedoruk for a 2nd round pick. George Parros was acquired with a 3rd round pick for a 2nd and 3rd rounder (Anaheim acquired the better 3rd rounder).
Rebuilding Trade Deadlines
Went through a few of these with the Leafs.
2011 (these were all pre-trade deadline but close to it)
- Acquired Joe Colborne and 1st round pick (plus a 2nd if Boston made it to the cup or resigned player) for Kaberle
- Acquired 1st round pick and 3rd round pick for Kris Versteeg
- Acquired Jake Gardiner, Joffrey Lupul and conditional 4th round pick for Francois Beauchemin
2010- Lee Stempniak trade mentioned above
- Acquired 7th round pick for Joey MacDonald!
- Added Chris Peluso for a 6th round pick (Doesn't look like Peluso was ever signed)
- Acquired 5th round pick for Martin Skoula
- And the day before they acquired Skoula and Luca Caputi for Alexei Ponikarovsky
2009- Acquired Olaf Kolzig, Jamie Heward, Andy Rogers and a 4th round pick for Richard Petiot (whoever that is)
- Acquired 2nd round pick and a conditional 4th for Nik Antropov
- Acquired 2nd round pick for Dominic Moore
Burke Trade History - Notable Trades
And i didn't bother going through Vancouver or Hartford trades.
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