Brian Burke

BRIAN BURKE…
THE GIFT THAT JUST KEEPS ON GIVING…
IT IS NO SECRET BURKE IS TRYING TO LAND PHIL KESSEL OUT OF BOSTON…
IN JUNE THE LEAFS OFFERED UP THOMAS KABERLE AS PART OF PACKAGE…BUT THAT DEAL FELL THROUGH…
OVER THE WEEKEND BURKE RE-ACQUIRED THE TEAMS 2ND ROUND PICK IN 2010 FROM CHICAGO…
THAT TRIGGERED ALL SORTS OF SPECULATION THAT BURKE IS NOW PREPARED TO SUBMIT AN OFFER SHEET TO AQUIRE KESSEL…
NOW HOLD HERE KIDS!!!
THIS IS THE SAME BRIAN BURKE WHO JUST 2 YEARS AGO “WENT POSTAL” ON KEVIN LOWE FOR DOING THE EXACT SAME THING WITH DUSTIN PENNER…
BACK THEN BURKE CALLED LOWE…”GUTLESS”…
THEN WENT ONTO SAY…
“IF I HAD RUN MY TEAM INTO THE SEWER LIKE THAT I WOULDN’T THROW A GRENADE AT THE OTHER 29 TEAMS”…
LOWE RESPONDED BY CALLING BURKE A “MORON”…
LABLED HIS COMMENTS AS…”PATHETIC”…
AND REFERED TO BURKE AS A…”MEDIA JUNKIE”…AND…”AN UNDERACHIEVING WANNABE”…
NOW THE FIGHT IS OVER KESSEL…
SUDDENLY BURKE HAS FOUND A WHOLE NEW APPRECIATION FOR “OFFER SHEETS…
TODAY HE STATED…”THEY’RE PART OF THE CBA AND A TEAM UTILIZES THAT TOOK TO GET BETTER”…
IF ALL THIS SOUNDS JUST A LITTLE HYPOCRITICAL…WELL THEN CLEARLY…YOU DO NOT DO NOT LIVE ON “PLANET BURKE”…
ACCORDING TO HIM…THESE ARE NOT PARALLEL CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE…
AS BURKE PUTS IT…”THERE HAS BEEN NO BLINDSIDE OR BACK DOOR LIKE KEVIN LOWE DID”…
LET’S BE CLEAR ABOUT ONE THING…
BURKE IS TALKING TO BOSTON GENERAL MANAGER PETER CHIARELLI BECAUSE IT IS IN HIS BEST INTERESTS TO MAKE A TRADE FOR KESSEL…
UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE LEAFS…
THE BRUINS HAVE CAP PROBLEMS AND ARE NOT INTERESTED IN ADDING ANY MORE SALARY…
BURKE NOW WILL HAVE TO OFFER KESSEL AT LEAST A 5 YEAR CONTRACT WORTH MORE THAN 26 MILLION…
THAT COST THE LEAFS…2 FIRST ROUND PICKS…A SECOND ROUNDER…AND A THIRD ROUNDER…
IT WOULD…IN EFFECT…”GUT” THEIR DRAFTS IN BOTH 2010 AND 2011…
CHIARELLI HAS MADE IT CLEAR…ANYTHING LESS…AND THE BRUINS WILL MATCH…
WHICH MEANS…FOR BRIAN BURKE…IT’S TIME TO EITHER…
”PUT UP OR SHUT UP”…