11-30-2016, 11:28 AM
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Burke on the Hamilton rumors - one "idiot" GM started the rumors
http://www.fanragsports.com/news/bur...-trade-rumors/
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He delivered more golden material Wednesday afternoon during an appearance on Leafs Lunch on Toronto’s TSN 1050 when he was asked about the Dougie Hamilton trade rumors that have been floating around, and whether or not the Flames were at least listening to trade proposals on this player.
“Well, no,” said Burke. “Let’s step back. This is one where it’s very frustrating when you have to deal with leaks. And as soon as one of the teams that’s in the mix in the leaks is the Toronto Maple Leafs, now it’s an army of leakers. An army of people who have no goddamn idea what they’re talking about, who’ll happily go on and say, ‘The Toronto Maple Leafs are doing this and they’re in on that.’
“This is one where we think we can trace the leak. We got a call. Our GM got a call. Brad Treliving is the GM. Tre got a call from a team who shall remain nameless, at least for now. If this goes on much further, I’m probably not going to remain nameless. They said, ‘Would you move Dougie Hamilton.’ And Tre said no.
“We expended a tremendous amount of assets to get this player. We’re really happy with him. He’s a quality guy. He’s 6-foot-5, he weighs 237 pounds, he’s a right shot, he skates like a deer, and he’s a good hockey player.”
Then, in his most sarcastic Burkian tone, said: “Yeah. Let’s move him. Let’s get rid of him. It’s not hard to get guys like that.
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“So we told this team – and by the way, the offer they made was insulting. So we told the team, ‘No, we’re not moving him and next time you have an idea that stupid, just save the quarter. Don’t go to the payphone.’
“That team started telling teams, ‘Yeah, we made an offer on Hamilton.’
“Now, it’s a rumor. It’s got legs, right. Someone’s like, ‘Well, they must be moving him.’
“We haven’t offered him to anyone. We don’t intend to move him.
“Now, you say ‘If you got the right offer.’ Okay, if someone offers us 20 first round picks are we making that deal? Probably. Wayne Gretzky got traded. But the difference between listening and listening attentively and shopping – those are different things.
“So would you listen? Yes. It’s your job to listen. Is he a guy that we intent to move? Not a chance. Is he a guy that we think will move? Not a chance.”
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11-30-2016, 11:31 AM
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11-30-2016, 11:31 AM
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#1 Goaltender
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Just listened to it on TSN, awesome stuff. (other than he skates like a deer. Is that good?)
This is why you have Burke around. He can handle the media like few others. Tre is left to do the actual GM work.
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11-30-2016, 11:32 AM
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Skating like a deer is good, yes.
Staring into the headlights like one, not so good. That problem doesn't apply here.
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11-30-2016, 11:32 AM
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First Line Centre
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Wonderful response
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11-30-2016, 11:33 AM
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Threadkiller
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THANK YOU!
The interwebs can be stupid sometimes...
LOVE Burke!
Last edited by ricosuave; 11-30-2016 at 11:39 AM.
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11-30-2016, 11:33 AM
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Maybe he meant "dear"?
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11-30-2016, 11:33 AM
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Needs More Cowbell
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Weren't the Penguins one of the two teams spreading this rumour? Forget who the other one was...
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11-30-2016, 11:33 AM
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That's kind of what we figured all along. Vultures circling with offers of magic beans.
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11-30-2016, 11:33 AM
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Franchise Player
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Any team in the league would love to have a player like Hamilton on their team regardless of where they are in the standings.
Frankly, considering how we said that a top 4 RH with some size was easily a top 2 need for our organization a couple seasons ago, any talk of actively moving him out without a rational reason is silly.
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11-30-2016, 11:33 AM
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cannon7
Weren't the Penguins one of the two teams spreading this rumour? Forget who the other one was...
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Arizona
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11-30-2016, 11:34 AM
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First Line Centre
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Burke on the Hamilton rumors
Absolutely love Burke's style...I can imagine the piss&vinegar in his voice when he responded to this
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11-30-2016, 11:34 AM
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Those are some fantastic quotes from Burke.
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“So we told this team – and by the way, the offer they made was insulting. So we told the team, ‘No, we’re not moving him and next time you have an idea that stupid, just save the quarter. Don’t go to the payphone.’
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And also some pretty ####ty formatting on the websites' part.
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11-30-2016, 11:34 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Burke totally destroyed that response. Can't get much better.
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11-30-2016, 11:36 AM
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In the Sin Bin
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Any talk of moving him for a RW was nonsense IMO. Defencemen > wingers. And moving him for a winger would open up a massive hole on the blue line that we couldn't fill.
Only Hamilton talk that made any sense was moving him for another defencemen like Trouba.
But yeah, you probably just stay patient and hope he continues to improve. He may never be the next Pronger but he's probably gonna be a damn useful player
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11-30-2016, 11:37 AM
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It's amazing how that one quote was taken out of context, and Leaf fans on Twitter are all "what a blowhard dinosaur".
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11-30-2016, 11:38 AM
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Needs More Cowbell
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Toonage
Arizona
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Ah, that's right. Maybe some bad blood between Treliving/Maloney and the Yotes current management?
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11-30-2016, 11:39 AM
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First round-bust
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God, I love Burkie.
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11-30-2016, 11:39 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Toonage
Skating like a deer is good, yes.
Staring into the headlights like one, not so good. That problem doesn't apply here.
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We need to Photoshop a deer's head on to Hamilton's body...
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11-30-2016, 11:39 AM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
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Hamilton is reading this and wondering "what's a payphone"?
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