Brian Burke: Is You Is Or Is You Isn’t?

As much as I hate the suits at MLSE with the white hot burning heat of a thousand suns, I can’t quarrel too much with their deliberate pace on this hiring decision to date.  It’s a tough decision, and one that will have far-reaching consequences for the future of the organization.  The reason that I [...]

November 26th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Buffalo Sabres, Cliff Fletcher, HiR:tb, NHL, Nashville Predators, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals, Windsor Spitfires | 11 comments

NaNoReMo Project Update

Mike, I haven’t abandoned the project.  There’s something going on at work this week that demands my full attention.  I probably won’t have an update until Friday night/Saturday morning.
Hang in there.  Meantime, get ready for the Brian Burke era in Toronto by reading this excellent review of Brian Burke’s resume to date.  Can’t spare the time [...]

November 13th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Brian Burke, NHL, NaNoReMo, Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 comments

A Place Of Its Own

Mike posted this in my little article about Gord Kirke’s busy, busy schedule:
Hello Mr.B.Burke.
Am Mr.G.Kirke, I work with a HOCKEY TEAM here in CANADA as an SEARCHING officer. I have just found out that a foreign customer with us WAS FIRED last year without leaving a next of kin to his PLAYERS and he has [...]

June 12th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Brian Burke, NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs | Leave a comment

So Much for That, eh Damien?

I posted the other day about Damien Cox’s ridiculous “story” that the Leafs’ efforts to woo Brian Burke were going to shift into high gear with Anaheim’s elimination from playoff contention.
That was Monday. Apparently, the “inside sources” relied upon to give that story credibility were sorely, profoundly and rapidly mistaken; according to [...]

April 24th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Anaheim Mighty Ducks, NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 comments

The Book of Burke 1:01

With the Anaheim Mighty Ducks eliminated from playoff contention last night, cue the Toronto media hype about Brian Burke, incoming General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Part Time Saviour of All Mankind. Details remain unclear concerning His Holiness’ expected time of arrival here in the GTA; it is also [...]

April 21st, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Brian Burke, NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 comments