By : Marty Henwood 91 days 22 hours 26 minutes ago.
Remember the motto "everyone has a price?" Forget about it.
Brian Burke just proved it to be a crock.
If loyalty were a suit, Burke would be looking pretty dapper right about now after rebuffing the obvious free-spending advances of the Toronto Maple Leafs to stay with Ducks owner Henry Samueli in Anaheim for at least another year.
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By : Marty Henwood 101 days 22 hours 51 minutes ago.
Should the Anaheim Ducks make an unceremonious and premature exit from the Stanley Cup hunt, Brian Burke may have an excuse to waddle his moneymaker right out of Southern Cal.
If, in the next few days, the defending champions grudgingly shake hands with the Dallas Stars and saunter into the off-season - and right now, there is nothing to suggest that won't be happening - it may give Burke a window, an excuse, a need, whatever you want to call it, to pack up and bring his act east.
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By : Rick Couchman 154 days 16 hours 58 minutes ago.
Let's give credit where credit is due - Brian Burke is a clever man.
Burke's unique idea, as presented at the GM meetings this week in Florida, is to dupe the NHL into changing the rules so that teams would be assessed one-minute penalties, instead of the traditional two, in overtime.
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By : doherty 218 days 21 hours 18 minutes ago.
Brian Burke sure is a wily wheeler-dealer.
Burke pre-empted the NHL trade freeze (Dec. 19 to Dec. 27) — and got the fantasy wire buzzing — by shipping Andy McDonald to St. Louis for Doug Weight and prospect Michal Birner.
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By : Marty Henwood 240 days 20 hours 54 minutes ago.
I'm a Brian Burke fan.
I've got a weak spot for a guy who doesn't bite his lip when asked a question.
For whatever reason, I can't hold a lot of animosity towards a general manager who gets paid handsomely to say the things I only wish I could.
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