Brian Burke

TORONTO GENERAL MANAGER BRIAN BURKE HAS FINALLY MET A TV CAMERA THAT HE DOES NOT LIKE…
TONIGHT TSN WILL BROADCAST LIVE…THE NHL DRAFT LOTTERY…
HOWEVER BURKE NOW SAYS HE WILL NOT BE WATCHING…WITH GOOD REASON…
IT WAS BURKE WHO TRADED AWAY THE LEAFS FIRST AND SECOND ROUND PICKS THIS SEASON…
ALONG WITH THE LEAFS FIRST ROUND PICK NEXT SEASON…TO BOSTON FOR PHIL KESSEL…
IT NOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME THE WORST DEAL IN FRANCHISE HISTORY…
IMPRESSIVE WHEN YOU CONSIDER:
THIS IS THE SAME FRANCHISE…THAT DEALT ITS FIRST PICK IN THE 1991 DRAFT TO NEW JERSEY FOR TOM KURVERS…
THAT PICK TURNED OUT TO BE SCOTT NIEDERMAYER…
THEN IN 1996…THE LEAFS SENT THEIR FIRST ROUND PICK TO THE ISLANDERS…AS PART OF A DEAL TO AQUIRE WENDEL CLARK…
THAT PICK TURNED OUT TO BE ROBERTO LUONGO…
THE PRIZE TODAY IS EITHER TAYLOR HALL OR TYLER SEGUIN…
WITH A LITTLE LUCK BOSTON GENERAL MANAGER PETER CHIARELLI WILL WALK AWAY WITH ONE OF THEM…
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA…OF THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT A TOP 3 PICK CAN HAVE ON A FRANCHISE…
SIMPLY LOOK AT RECENT HISTORY…
LAST YEAR…MATT DUCHENE WAS TAKEN BY THE COLORADO AVALANCHE…
AND DREW DOUGHTY WENT TO L.A….
THIS SEASON BOTH TEAMS MADE THE PLAYOFFS…
IN 2008 STEVEN STAMKOS WENT FIRST OVER ALL TO TAMPA BAY…
THIS SEASON HE WON THE ROCKET RICHARD TROPHY…
IN 2006 THE CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS TOOK JONATHAN TOEWS THIRD OVER ALL…
THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY TOOK PATRICK KANE FIRST OVER ALL…
THIS YEAR THE HAWKS ARE ONE OF THE FAVORITES TO WIN THE STANLEY CUP…
IN 2005…PITTSBURGH WON THE SIDNEY CROSBY SWEEPSTAKES…
IN 2004 THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS LANDED ALEX OVECHKIN WITH THE FIRST PICK OVER ALL…
LAST YEAR THE PENGUINS WON THE STANLEY CUP…
THIS YEAR THE CAPITALS FINISHED WITH THE BEST RECORD IN THE ENTIRE NHL…
NEVERTHELESS…BURKE INSISTS HE WOULD STILL MAKE THE KESSEL TRADE…
BUT ONLY A LEAF FAN WOULD BUY THAT…
HERE’S WHAT WE DO KNOW “IS” TRUE…
THE BRUINS ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS…
AND IN LESS THAN AN HOUR FROM NOW…
THEIR GENERAL MANAGER “WILL BE THE ONE” IN FRONT OF A T.V. CAMERA…