When I found the photo that accompanies this article, I thought, perfect, that has to be exactly how Brian Burke felt when he first took over as the GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Burke has been a GM in the NHL since the 1992/1993 season and is known in the hockey world as a no nonsense kind of guy.
When I first heard he was coming to Toronto, I must admit, I was not overly enthused.
Brian Burke had won a cup. Okay, lots of GM's have won a cup.
He was also credited with re-building a floundering Vancouver Canucks franchise, not bad, but it has been done.
No, the thing that had been stuck in my mind when I heard that he was coming to Toronto was this on going public feud with Edmonton Oilers GM Kevin Lowe. I thought it was childish and that Brian Burke may be little more than a long winded ...
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