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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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Pens hire Brian Burke as PoHO and Ron Hextall as GM
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Well this is something. Hearing Brian Burke will join Ron Hextall in PIT. Burke as president of Hockey Ops; Hextall as GM
Going to miss this teammate, loved working with you Burkie
update:
https://www.nhl.com/penguins/news/pe...-twt-penguinis
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Neat. Good for Burke.
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Wow! I thought Burke had repeatedly said he was done on that side of the NHL ledger. That's something.
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Uhhh....
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Uhhh....
Someone mentioned his dad was a part of the Pens organization and he lived in Pittsburgh as a kid for 5 years.
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Pittsburgh model, my ass.
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Seems like the Penguins like the old school style of management.
#9
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Also, Burkie mentioned he likes Sam Bennett and even prior to this Pens were one of the rumored interested teams. Does Burkie strongly suggest to Hextall to make the deal?
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Surprised Burke got tired of the media gig this quickly. He was a good flame when he was here. I wonder if he really wanted to move on at the end of the day? Pitt is closer to Toronto where he lives and maybe he just got the itch again after being out of the league for a couple years?
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Going to REALLY REALLY miss Burke's takes during Hockey Night In Canada.
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Could be a really good combo for the Pens. All the best to Burkie, I'll miss him on the panels and sports talk shows.
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The thing is, I think Hextall is actually a good hire and you practically cant go wrong with Burke at this juncture.
He has seen and done it all.
As far as hirings go, this seems pretty fool-proof.
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Someone mentioned his dad was a part of the Pens organization and he lived in Pittsburgh as a kid for 5 years.
where said he hated when he was drafted by the Flyers at the time because they were rival of his dad's team.
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I wanted Hextall for the Flames, he drafted some pretty good young players for the Flyers
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Burke in his book that just came out: I'm done being a front office guy. I love being at home in my own bed and the city of Toronto loves me.
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Burke in this off-season:
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It is the same thing Jimmy Rutherford is saying in Pittsburgh ‘I’ve got two elite players we’re not going to a total rebuild were gonna try and win.’ I don’t think Pittsburgh is good enough to win. No matter what they do now with their cap situation I think that window has closed, for me. I love Jimmy Rutherford, you know that, but I look in the East and I say are they better than Tampa? Nope. Are they better than Washington? Nope. Are they better than Boston? Nope.
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Good for him. I guess he still has that competitive itch after all. I have always liked the Pens ever since Bob Johnson went there, so I hope that Burke can help guide that team towards whatever it is that they should be (tough to go in any direction there right now).
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I really enjoyed listening to Burke on HNIC. That’s a big loss for them.
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Pens hire Brian Burke as PoHO and Ron Hextall as GM
