@heatedfrost Ever heard of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 2008 to 2012? No playoffs for 4 years? He never won a cup in Vancouver. In Anaheim that was his second year when they won the cup. The GM Anaheim got rid of was the real winner. What has he done in Toronto? Sweet fuck all.
as a canucks fan.. i am thankful for what this guy did for our club.. what he did with the chilliwack bruins made me lose respect for him completly.. im living in toronto now and watching this and seein him choke up like that over his son its hard to put the word "hate" when talking about him with ppl i meet out here.. i definatly wont say i hate brian burke again. keep doin your thing burke and for leafs fans. enjoy this guy while hes here hes gonna make your team a winner very soon. be patient
Why do you assume it's only Leaf fans saying he's a terrible GM. He gets 'ripped on' from other fanbases as well. some canuck fans do not give him any credit for their teams success. Many leaf fans see that the team is at least in better shape than it was,although much slower than we would have liked for sure.
Here's my issue with Burke: The whole "If you can play, you can play" is a bunch is crap when it is coming from Burke. He has only spoken up because it affects HIM! While I am sympathetic to him losing a son, I would love to see Burke stand up for a cause that isn't directly related to him. It would mean so much more to others and it would look better on him if he stood up for a cause that he didn't feel "obliged" to do so. Just saying...
The people who come on here and say "Brian Burke is a terrible GM" don't realize that it is them who are making Toronto's struggles worse. People forget how hard it is to be a hockey player in a Canadian market, let alone a GM. Burke has won a cup, a pedigree that very few other GM's have, and you still complain about that? Only in Toronto. He also brought the Sedins to Vancouver, yet his player management is ripped on. Maybe you should all get behind your team like real fans.
discodarth Great at trades.. Kessel deal aside. Horrible drafter. Too much emphasis on toughness and character when drafting. Skill should be number one attribute when drafting a player.
You might disagree with him as a GM of a professional hockey team, but you can't disagree with him as a good man.
Hate the Laffs, love the Habs, but Brian Burke...he's something different, and sports loyalties aside, he's truly amazing
Strombo should be back on air.
Gotta feel for the man, when he choked up about talking about his son
I really loved this interview. Good going George!
Best guy in hockey
Use him to replace Bettman
Bobby Orr actually had 39 fights in his career! and he was 39-0
@Gneaver I agree with your very observational point there Gneaver
God, Burke is such a captivating speaker. He's to the NHL was Boba Fett is to Star Wars.
Love Burkie
What a good guy. Wears his heart on his sleeve
@heatedfrost Ever heard of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 2008 to 2012? No playoffs for 4 years? He never won a cup in Vancouver. In Anaheim that was his second year when they won the cup. The GM Anaheim got rid of was the real winner.
What has he done in Toronto?
Sweet fuck all.
Agreed. But his job is to make the Leafs successful. And he he has not done that. Let's just keep it at that. There are a lot of good men and women.
Don't forget that when he was with the Ducks, he kept Corey Perry on too.
i don't give a fuck if he's an honest or good man, he gets paid to win and he's failed
as a canucks fan.. i am thankful for what this guy did for our club.. what he did with the chilliwack bruins made me lose respect for him completly.. im living in toronto now and watching this and seein him choke up like that over his son its hard to put the word "hate" when talking about him with ppl i meet out here.. i definatly wont say i hate brian burke again. keep doin your thing burke and for leafs fans. enjoy this guy while hes here hes gonna make your team a winner very soon. be patient
yes sir.
wow a little touchy are we
Great guy!
The BEST man
Why do you assume it's only Leaf fans saying he's a terrible GM. He gets 'ripped on' from other fanbases as well. some canuck fans do not give him any credit for their teams success. Many leaf fans see that the team is at least in better shape than it was,although much slower than we would have liked for sure.
Tenacious fella! Gotta get all those big boys with pugnacity out on the ice and I'll tell ya what, Brian's the boy to do it.
Here's my issue with Burke: The whole "If you can play, you can play" is a bunch is crap when it is coming from Burke. He has only spoken up because it affects HIM! While I am sympathetic to him losing a son, I would love to see Burke stand up for a cause that isn't directly related to him. It would mean so much more to others and it would look better on him if he stood up for a cause that he didn't feel "obliged" to do so. Just saying...
great interview....kinda hard watching this now after knowing the major collapse the leafs took
@subraxas If you had an unbiased opinion you would see that Matt Cooke has changed his game entirely
Brian seems like a hard line republican to me not a democrat. He's too smart. It must be because he's Canadian
Jim Brady he's an American actually
You’re a Typical ignorant republican ... Burke is American
He would be a great NHL commissioner if they could just get rid of Bettman .........
HATE THE LEAFS, love Brian!
@andmaketherain never heard of the Ducks and Canucks?
I'm always gonna like this man, I also happends to think he is a good GM
The people who come on here and say "Brian Burke is a terrible GM" don't realize that it is them who are making Toronto's struggles worse. People forget how hard it is to be a hockey player in a Canadian market, let alone a GM. Burke has won a cup, a pedigree that very few other GM's have, and you still complain about that? Only in Toronto. He also brought the Sedins to Vancouver, yet his player management is ripped on.
Maybe you should all get behind your team like real fans.
discodarth Great at trades.. Kessel deal aside. Horrible drafter. Too much emphasis on toughness and character when drafting. Skill should be number one attribute when drafting a player.
Uhh Cookie in vancouver wasn't the same as he is now.
@supersnowyangel never heard of ballard?
"The Vice President heard there were some ducks around heh"
george bush was a terrible president, but he sure is hilarious
lol Burke's never had a rat on his team? *cough* Matt Cooke in Vancouver.
big mouth and no results, but do love what he's doing for the gay community
BURKE, SIGN ANDREW AGOZZINO!
speak with your wallets leafs fans, should not be any sellouts until the get better
@supersnowyangel
lol he's way better than Ferguson, but still has failed.
The savior is here leafs nation. MUHAHAHAHA.
wimp?? lol ok
@ADVS14U2NV a dirty player