Burke: Treliving is authorized to spend to cap

[Lanny_McDonald]

Is that Burke foreshadowing the addition of a big salary???

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

I don't think so. Last year Calgary was 4th worst in the NHL, but the team was hard-working and highly entertaining. I personally found that edition of the Flames far more enjoyable to watch than any of the previous five years or so of the Iginla/Kiprusoff era. If Calgary was near the basement again this year but the young players were progressing nicely and the team was playing an enjoyable brand of hockey, I doubt they'd have trouble selling tickets.

well they already aren't selling out every game...and last season at the end of the year I was being offered free tickets left and right nearing the end of the year.


again I am not saying blow all their money on bad contracts, just that they should be ready to spend at any moment to help the team. That could even mean the infamous taking a bad contract with a prospect we have all been dreaming off.

[Igster]

Originally Posted by New Era

Is that Burke foreshadowing the addition of a big salary???

Doan come on down...

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by New Era

Is that Burke foreshadowing the addition of a big salary???

Doan lol

or better yet Iggy

[Brewmaster]

Nothing new here, the Flames ownership has been willing to spend to the cap since the first lockout.

[sureLoss]

I will put this in here too

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/12/09...-tilt-vs-leafs

“I took exception to the suggestions prior to the season that we would be in the Connor McDavid (sweepstakes) and called a couple of people who suggested it to tell them that,” said Burke on Tuesday afternoon. “I thought we’d be better than that.”

“We have overachieved above what anyone would have expected, including me,” Burke said. “I attribute the credit for that to three people.

One is Brad Treliving, who upgraded the goaltending and got us bigger and tougher with guys like (Brandon) Bollig.

“Number two is the coach. Bob (Hartley) has done a great job.

“And No. 3 is Jay Feaster. He put a lot of good pieces in place.”

[ForeverFlameFan]

Good on Burke giving Feaster credit.

[Poe969]

No credit for Gio?? The guy is being one of if not the best leader in the league right now.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by dino7c

I never said anything about the Oilers being a good value

If you are judging the value of a team’s tickets by the size of their payroll, logically, the Oilers are a better value than the Flames because they are spending more money.

If the logic you are using leads to a foolish conclusion, maybe you need to reconsider it.

[BurningSteel]

Originally Posted by Locke

That article is so unbelievably awesome.

Whoa Whoa Whoa..... that article is from Edmonton.Carefull with the praise level.

[Cleveland Steam Whistle]

Originally Posted by Poe969

No credit for Gio?? The guy is being one of if not the best leader in the league right now.

Maybe Burke was already aware of Gio's leadership / abilities and it's not for him a reason why we are doing better than he thought, because he'd factored that in.

The last 2 are great comments by Burke. One, he probably needed to be sold on Hartley, a guy hired by a GM he deemed not good enough. Two, being able to admit and give credit to Feaster (although it would be hard not to) for the job he did is really cool. Especially considering he's saying we are beating his expecations. When he fired Feaster, he likely didn't think Feaster had done as good a job as he did with the prospects, so it's nice he's able to say as much, versus try to somehow take credit for their progress by saying it was his development system or something.

[Igster]

“We have overachieved above what anyone would have expected, including me,” Burke said. “I attribute the credit for that to three people.

One is Brad Treliving, who upgraded the goaltending and got us bigger and tougher with guys like (Brandon) Bollig.

“Number two is the coach. Bob (Hartley) has done a great job.

“And No. 3 is Jay Feaster. He put a lot of good pieces in place.”

I agree with everything except for the Bollig comment. In my opinion, the addition of Bollig has done nothing to help the Flames.

[Hot_Flatus]

Originally Posted by dino7c

they better be....some of the highest ticket prices in the league

2nd lowest payroll

and save me the supply and demand crap

Save the ticket prices discussion for another thread. The point that scares me and should scare most fans is the potential is now here to go completely off course when things have been going so well. To go out and spend a bunch of money, potentially get locked into pricey long term deals and ruin team chemistry (which is the biggest thing the Flames have going for them right now) would be beyond foolish at this point.

This team needs to continue to do what it has been doing. Stay the course and start looking at additions in the off season. If we manage to make the playoffs with the current group its a bonus and should be treated as such.

[schteve_d]

Originally Posted by Locke

I recall the rumours that Burke once rented a barn in upstate New York in order to have a fistfight with Kevin Lowe.

I have a vision of a bloodied and battered Lowe lying on his back with Burke walking away and Lowe is yelling at him: "But I threw more punches!".

[Locke]

Originally Posted by schteve_d

I have a vision of a bloodied and battered Lowe lying on his back with Burke walking away and Lowe is yelling at him: "But I threw more punches!".

Lowe lying bloodied on the ground: "But I know something about winning!!"

As hes swallowing his own teeth and Burke is walking away slowly while fixing his tie....

[Cleveland Steam Whistle]

Originally Posted by schteve_d

I have a vision of a bloodied and battered Lowe lying on his back with Burke walking away and Lowe is yelling at him: "But I threw more punches!".

In this fight, would Lowe take off his 6 Stanley Cup rings like a man, or wear them to try and gain advantage?

[Racki]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

I will put this in here too

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/12/09...-tilt-vs-leafs

Originally Posted by Igster

I agree with everything except for the Bollig comment. In my opinion, the addition of Bollig has done nothing to help the Flames.

I think Burke's surprise about our early success and the addition of Bollig are connected. I believe that our management team was concerned that we would be too small and not ready to compete for a year or two. They brought in Bollig and Engelland to protect the young guys until we were ready to take a shot at a playoff spot.

Turns out we don't really need them as our group had progressed to the point where those guys aren't necessary. I expect both to spend a lot of time observing in the near future.

[IamNotKenKing]

Originally Posted by terminator

Correct me if I'm wrong, but does Burke not have beef with Clowe?

Not anymore. They buried the hatchet.

[MonsieurFish]

Somwhat related - Treliving on the Fan 590 yesterday: http://www.sportsnet.ca/590/brady-an...ising-success/

[Barbecue]

Originally Posted by saillias

http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/201...-an-end-to-it/

Good article that explains the situation...

wow! thanks for the article

“It got a point where Kevin challenged me to a fight on a radio interview,” Burke told Jurksztowicz. “I’m like that’s not really how you challenge a guy to a fight. If you want to challenge a guy to a fight, you pick a place and a time and you show up. So I called Glen Sather and I said, ‘Look, this guy went on the radio and challenged me to a fight.’ I said, ‘I’m going to be at Lake Placid at the U.S. junior camp.” I gave him three dates. I told him I’d rent a barn and I’d pick the address and the time and I’d fight Kevin Lowe.

And you were serious, Jurksztowicz asked?

“Dead serious. It got to the point where Gary Bettman called me an and said, ‘I hear you guys are thinking about having a fight and if you do I’m going to suspend you both indefinitely.’ That’s how crazy it got between me and Kevin. He’s as stubborn as I am. And there’s no doubt in my mind if we had bumped into each other right about then, we would have fought. No question. He’s not afraid of me. We would have fought for sure. Anyway, my wife overhears this, I think I’m in the privacy of my backyard in California and my wife says, ‘You idiot. You’re going to fight this guy? Are you crazy? You’re a general manager. So it never came to anything, never came close to it.”