Burkie!

THE OSCARS WILL NOT BE HANDED OUT UNTIL NEXT MONTH…
BUT TODAY IN TORONTO ANAHEIM GENERAL MANAGER BRIAN BURKE DELIVERED AN AWARD WINNING PERFORMANCE…
BURKE TOLD A CROWD OF REPORTERS THAT HE IS NOT INTERESTED IN BECOMING THE NEXT GENERAL MANAGER OF THE LEAFS…
IN HIS WORDS…”I HAVE NO INTENTION OF GOING ANYWHERE ELSE…WE REALLY LOVE IT IN AHAHEIM…WE WORK FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE THERE….WE WANT TO STAY”…
IN ALL BURKE SPENT 10 MINUTES DENYING THE RUMORS…
LET’S GET A FEW THINGS STRAIGHT…
TO BEGIN WITH…BURKE IS IN TORONTO TODAY WITH THE OWNERS OF THE DUCKS…
THE SAMUELI’S HAVE DONATED A STANLEY CUP RING TO THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME…
IF BURKE WANTED TO AVOID ALL THE ATTENTION ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS STAY AT HOME…
INSTEAD THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN A WEEK BURKE HAS FLOWN TO TORONTO AND THE SECOND TIME HE HAS MANAGED TO GET HIS FACE ON NATIONAL TV…
STRANGELY ENOUGH BURKE DID MANAGE TO FIND TIME TO SAY A LOT OF NICE THINGS ABOUT A CITY AND AN ORGANIZATION…THAT HE SAYS…HE HAS NO INTEREST IN…
FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE LAST FEW DAYS HE HAS CALLED THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEAFS RICHARD PEDDIE A…”GOOD GUY”…
AND TODAY DESCRIBED TORONTO AS A HOCKEY TOWN WITH THIS QUOTE…”IF YOU’RE A CATHOLIC…THIS IS THE VATICAN”…
WHO WRITES THIS STUFF???
TO UNDERSTAND THE ACT YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO KNOW ONE THING…
BURKE IS UNDER CONTRACT UNTIL 2009…
ANY ATTEMPT BY THE LEAFS TO CONTACT HIM WITHOUT GETTING PERMISSION BY THE DUCKS WOULD BE TAMPERING…
BURKE IS A LAWYER…AND HE CERTAINLY UNDERSTANDS HOW SERIOUS THAT WOULD BE…
OF COURSE HE WANTS THE JOB…AND THE MONEY…AND THE SPOTLIGHT…
WHETHER IT’S BURKE ON “OFF THE RECORD”…OR BURKE HOLDING COURT TODAY AT THE HALL OF FAME…
SEE THIS MEDIA CIRCUS FOR WHAT IT IS…AN AUDITION…
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE…
TODAY BURKE ALSO DEALT WITH THE POSSIBLE RETURN OF TEEMU SELANNE…
QUOTE…
“IF HE MAKES ANY DECISION BEFORE THE ALL STAR WEEKEND IS OVER I’M GOING TO WRING HIS NECK…IT’S GOT TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER ATLANTA…IT’S NOT GOING TAKE AWAY FROM THE LUSTRE OF THE ALL STAR WEEKEND”…
THIS FROM A MAN WHO FIRED HEAD COACH MIKE KEENAN DURING THE 1999 ALL STAR WEEKEND…
SOMEHOW…BURKE MANAGED TO KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE…
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO…