Mother?

Brother?
- robin_steele264

not related sadly.

Ciara Price


- Symba.007

Let's see what Howard thinks of this poop.

Let's see what Howard thinks of this poop.
- Fan2

See you guys in a month

right there. thats what i dont get about burke. how about build the team you see will win, no dictate a team thats soft just cause a coach likes it. if you and the coaches vision doesnt match, he shouldnt be your coach in the first places. when he came here he should have fired wilson if wilson wanted to play a style burke didnt. then get the pieces you need for the new coach. i can't wait to see what burke does with our 'assets' that we so called have. they better not deal kadri, ross, biggs, frattin, ashton and mckegg. dont see colborne fitting in here (sure hes big but hes soft), might as well use him as an asset. i hope they deal macarthur.
- matt1337

As much as Burke likes to beat his chest and portray that he's the most confident man in the world, fact is he IS NOT CONSISTENT. Being inconsistent is a telling sign that he is utterly and completely FULL OF CRAP.

this team can be fixed with a few simple moves.

add dustin brown via trade

add rick nash via trade

add jordan tootoo via free agency

add justin schultz via free agency

add tomas vokoun via free agency (or just keep reimer and scrivens)
- wielerj

this team can be fixed with a few simple moves.

add dustin brown via trade

add rick nash via trade

add jordan tootoo via free agency

add justin schultz via free agency

add tomas vokoun via free agency (or just keep reimer and scrivens)
- wielerj

how are we going to accomplish both of those?

Burke's presser today was another damning evidence of how much crap he is filled with. He was all over the map with this idiotic comments. He looked like a salesman going door to door trying to sell knives and his sales pitch was twice as bad.

He says he wants to build a championship team, not just get into 8th and get his ass kicked. Then why the hell did you sign Connolly, Armstrong and Komisarek? But reminded everybody that he didn't want to do a five year plan. Now he's trying to preach that he has "championship building blocks" in Kessel, Lupul, Gardiner and Phaneuf. I wonder what he would have said if they held onto 8th place. I bet you he wouldn't be saying "We made 8th and now we're going to get our ass kicked". He'd probably be saying the good ole "anything can happen in the playoffs".

Burke is pissing and moaning about how his team isn't tough enough because of Ron Wilson and yet that he believed in him as a coach. Keep in mind that Burke was also preaching being a big, tough team while still maintaining that Kessel is part of a championship team. Which one is it Burke? Big and tough or soft and weak?

The best part about it was how he capped it off. He said he was born impatient and that he'll die impatient. He says he wants to build a championship team but refused to trade guys like MacArthur for a 1st round pick because "it might take 3 years for that player to develop". Here's a news flash for you Burke; building championship teams TAKE TIME AND PATIENCE two things you CLEARLY do not have.

Hurry up and get fired you idiot. Your time is up.
- Unholy_Goalie

Burke did get us some key blocks but he did make huge mistakes signing komi, armdog, connolly. When he got rid of our crap sent to calgary he went out and got us some crap to fill the other crap makes no sense right?

Though with the whole kessel trade we lost a centerman, a defender, and pretty decent forward. In return for the many stupid trades we did to basically take key prospects from teams we got ashton, franson, kessel, colborne, gardiner in return for our crap.

She's blowing Seguin ...while the Leafs already blew it with Seguin
- keatondixon

If it wasn't for that trade the Leafs would probably be drafting 25-28th this year.

this team can be fixed with a few simple moves.

add dustin brown via trade

add rick nash via trade

add jordan tootoo via free agency

add justin schultz via free agency

add tomas vokoun via free agency (or just keep reimer and scrivens)
- wielerj

Yeah, so simple.

how are we going to accomplish both of those?
- matt1337

Nash for Kessel and this year 1st
Brown for Kadri, Colborne and 1st next year

how are we going to accomplish both of those?
- matt1337

Don't worry about how it will happen. It just will. Just wait until Symba points out somebody posted a wish list on this thread. Look the (frank) out.

As much as Burke likes to beat his chest and portray that he's the most confident man in the world, fact is he IS NOT CONSISTENT. Being inconsistent is a telling sign that he is utterly and completely FULL OF CRAP.
- Unholy_Goalie

i think this is the first time i'm agreeing with you. maybe there is a god? maybe this god can make the leafs win the lottery tonight.


btw, if leafs win the lottery tonight, who wants to take an over/under at how long it will take for hockeybuzz to crash?

this team can be fixed with a few simple moves.

add dustin brown via trade

add rick nash via trade

add jordan tootoo via free agency

add justin schultz via free agency

add tomas vokoun via free agency (or just keep reimer and scrivens)
- wielerj

Definitely not simple moves there are 29 other teams that would be interested in these players maybe minus Vokoun. Especially difficult considering the rumoured price tag for Nash. But I agree that adding these players for the right price would be amazing.

how are we going to accomplish both of those?
- matt1337

Trade Kessel for Brown, then Brown for Nash.

Burke did get us some key blocks but he did make huge mistakes signing komi, armdog, connolly. When he got rid of our crap sent to calgary he went out and got us some crap to fill the other crap makes no sense right?

Though with the whole kessel trade we lost a centerman, a defender, and pretty decent forward. In return for the many stupid trades we did to basically take key prospects from teams we got ashton, franson, kessel, colborne, gardiner in return for our crap.
- Mapleleafs_91

The Leafs lost more than just a center, defender and decent forward. The Leafs lost a huge opportunity to rebuild properly. Ashton, Franson and Colborne don't balance the scales. Not even close.

If it wasn't for that trade the Leafs would probably be drafting 25-28th this year.
- Fan2

Oilers would have a Cup now too if they picked Tyler instead of Taylor.

Nash for Kessel and this year 1st
Brown for Kadri, Colborne and 1st next year
- Symba.007

o so overpay on both players. makes sense. so nash costs 2 top 5 picks, a top 10 pick and a 2nd

brown costs 3 1sts. makes a lot of sense

Oilers would have a Cup now too if they picked Tyler instead of Taylor.



- robin_steele264

LOSERS!

o so overpay on both players. makes sense. so nash costs 2 top 5 picks, a top 10 pick and a 2nd

brown costs 3 1sts. makes a lot of sense
- matt1337

Columbus doesn't care what Burke paid for Kessel

LOSERS!
- Fan2

AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

I wanna make this clear... if we never traded with boston.... this would be our future with prospects/youth...

1) Seguin
2) Kadri
3) Ashton
4) Gardiner
5) Mckegg
6) Ross
7) Colborne
8) Frattin
9) Rask
10) Blacker
11) Percy
12) Jared Knight
13) Dougie Hamilton

mlse should fire burke, call Illitch and offer him 10Million$ just to talk to Nill

Columbus doesn't care what Burke paid for Kessel
- Symba.007

Neither does Burke.

i think this is the first time i'm agreeing with you. maybe there is a god? maybe this god can make the leafs win the lottery tonight.


btw, if leafs win the lottery tonight, who wants to take an over/under at how long it will take for hockeybuzz to crash?
- matt1337

If the Leafs win the lottery, trade Kessel immediately for a center.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
- mr.peanut