Always love when Burkie shows up

Anything Steve Simmons say should be written off as stupidity

Love Mr Burke. Hes a straight shooter and calls it how it is. Stand up guy.

Much respect for Burke, plus he still has amazing hair.

@syntaxer1984

2 күн бұрын

Dammit, he's got special genes

Didn't Burke say Matthews wouldn't resign with Toronto? 🤔

@stug5041

2 күн бұрын

Sure did - said he’d bolt for Arizona…

I like Burkie's assessment of Marner/ Nylander. Tough call to make!!!

What would possibly be accomplished by removing the captaincy from Tavares for the last year of his contract? His current deal expiring art the end of the season provides a seamless transition to the new captain in a year's time. It would also underscore Tavares' new role if he comes back on a team friendly contract for next season. Nothing but discord is achieved by doing it now.

@user-fy7lr9lk8f

2 күн бұрын

Captain is a guy who takes a rookie into his house and mentors him. Matthews is still hangin with his buddies dropping his pants!

@swingeasyguy

2 күн бұрын

Need a captain who will use his fists if needed; need a captain who yells on the bench; need to shake up this very sad playoff team.

@Oldmanflyfishing

2 күн бұрын

And give it to who? Please don’t say Matthews

@robertstanford1778

2 күн бұрын

​@@user-fy7lr9lk8fThat was what 5 -6 years ago when he was a kid. Get over it.

@robertstanford1778

2 күн бұрын

​@swingeasyguy Does the name Dave Keon mean anything to you. Didn't yell, didn't fight, led by example. One of best captains in Leaf history and Stanly Cup winner.

How has Auston Matthew's shown that he is Captain material? He has not in my view. Since when does designation as a team best player suggest that player to be captain material? It, absolutely does not imply qualification if you understand a captains role with any team. I'm not suggesting g he can't be. I'm suggesting he has proven nothing g to show his likelihood as a solid team leadership model.

@Oldmanflyfishing

2 күн бұрын

He took playoffs games off because he had a sore belly. Is that a Captain? Let him go wear his man purse in a closet with Justin Trudeau

@robertstanford1778

2 күн бұрын

Everyone he plays with says he is the hardest worker on the team always striving to be better. Leads team in scoring year in year out. Leads forwards in blocked shots, takeaways and in tip 2 or 3 in hits. Doesn't complain just plays and leads by example. I'd say that's Captain material.

@3tommygunns3

Күн бұрын

Well, good thing you're there in the dressing room and at team events to report this stuff back to us then

We need a solo Brian Burke podcast. With video.

Burks always been the man

I agree with Burke’s comments about the big 4 , IMO 4 players won’t win a team the cup , there is no balance, hockey is a 200 ft game . Great video and channel. Cheers 🇨🇦🇨🇦

haven't even watched the video yet but let me guess, he said to trade nylander?

The whole trade Marner/break up the core four stuff will be moot at the end of next season as JT’s contract comes off the books.

Nylander deserves to stay more than anyone I’m sorry. Saying Nylander should go is ridiculous. He is the only one who has performed consistently in the playoffs.

@SuperheroRockstar

2 күн бұрын

Burke, as much I respect his career, is not the guy I would listen to on how a team should be built. He showed us what his team would look like, and it was not a watchable product.

@user-fy7lr9lk8f

2 күн бұрын

Marner has better numbers.

@googleisshit3220

2 күн бұрын

And yet his ppg av in the playoffs is lower than Mitch and Mathews 😂

@seanelgie

2 күн бұрын

@@user-fy7lr9lk8f yeah and he got all his points in a handful of games. No-show for 70% of the games. You know… Inconsistent.

@gordonbgraham

2 күн бұрын

@@seanelgie How consistent has Nylander been? He also missed 3 games with a headache...He had migraine issues at the beginning of the season...and missed playoff games at the end, because of them. He's as good as Woll on the "will he be available" metre

I love Burke BUT I don't agree with the fact that NHL teams predict if a kid will become successful on the fact that the parents are also successful. In all reality plenty of parents whom aren't as successful still pay for all that hockey and take all that time to get their son to be able to play in a league full of successful parents. I'd say if you raise a child whom loves a sport that you support for well over a decade with not just money but especially the time these parents put in that they are already successful parents no matter what they do for a living!

@andrew1250

2 күн бұрын

sure but the different between all those kids is very small and teams are doing their best to find any kind of advantage touch a certain kid compared to another. At that level every kids parents do the dirty work of taking their kids to practise at early hours etc

@jamiesheppard767

2 күн бұрын

Successful parents means they are driven people, who push themselves to be the best they can, that will most likely be instilled in the kids. Doesn't mean others aren't hard working, but possibly more susceptible to being content and keeping status quo, versus always wanting to be better.

Leafs have more pride in themselves they won’t strip the C from Tavares they will just let his contract run out and determine something else once he’s gone

@Oldmanflyfishing

2 күн бұрын

As they should, JT may not be the best there is but you don’t do that the last year of a contract

I’m not saying to get rid of Marner at all cost. To me, his stats aside, the eye test is more important and I see too often in the playoffs where I don’t even notice him. His skills don’t seem conducive to playoff style of play. Given it’s his contract that’s coming due, I would prefer to move on and try something different…

Is he employed by Anaheim (again) or was that the first shirt in sight when he woke up?

Hard to put much stock in somebody that thinks we'll miss Brodie.

Why are we not seeing the obvious: Marner, Nylander, Matthews… Yes. JT is the one who needs to walk. Okay, rough playoffs. Let’s see how Marner plays with Vikings for defensemen in the playoffs. We need a year to watch JT walk. Period.

Gotta be better follow up questions guys

Tree left a giant mess behind him in Calgary.

If the Leafs are stuck with Marner and Tavares for the 2024/2025 season... then I hope we dont re-sign them afterwards and I hope we sign McDavid in 2025 🏒🥅🍁

No one pushed back on Burke saying marner was the better player.. ok but who peforms better in the playoffs

@thatcanadianwhitetrashguy

3 күн бұрын

You don't talk back to the NHL or Your Career is Toast

@mylotus1052

3 күн бұрын

Marner was also on the Pk which was horrible.

@kilocide9477

3 күн бұрын

Marner he leads the current leafs in playoff points and gets the first line matchup. He also plays d and pks. You sound like someone talking about politics.

@ChaosSpike17

3 күн бұрын

probably should know stats before you open your mouth

@joshfortier991

3 күн бұрын

@ChaosSpike17 LOL okay lil buddy heres a stat for you that actually matters. Marner has played 16 playoff games in games 5,6,7 since 2019 he has zero goals.

Heres whats happening. Marner is 5 years away from being 2nd to auston in points for the leafs record books. They will refuse to offer him a deal while Berube pressures him. And if he proves himself, he'll choose wanting to have franchise records with his home team even if it means begging for a deal thats team friendly in the 2025-2026 year. If hes not serious about the team he claims to love, he will cave under pressure and beg to leave giving us 11 million in cap space. Berube is testing him to see what he cares about more. A big paycheck anywhere that'll take him, or playing and winning with his childhood team.

@Oldmanflyfishing

2 күн бұрын

Bullshit, he’s a professional athlete, it’s always about the money and as much as you can get. There’s zero loyalty to a fan base, look at Lebron James for example.

Marner is a perimeter player. He will never change his style, make adjustments and pivot in the playoffs no matter who is coaching. Throwing gloves on the bench is throwing in the towel. Nylander has been more consistent in the playoffs when it counts.

@user-fy7lr9lk8f

2 күн бұрын

McDavid and Crosby slam doors and snap twigs. They get angry when losing. Show me a good loser and i will show you a loser!!

Burke may not be the best GM, but he sure seems to be a decent person.

Burkie slowin' down.

@newwave77

3 күн бұрын

He sounds like biden

@ksteele8388

2 күн бұрын

​@newwave77 Burke is still better off than that useless tool

Glad Burke acknowledged Brodie. Toronto is going to miss him.

@mberry480

2 күн бұрын

Brodie is definitely on the back nine of his career... probably on the 17th hole.

@canadianroot

2 күн бұрын

He was a non-factor last season. Huge drop off.

@gordonbgraham

2 күн бұрын

He was a healthy scratch in the playoffs...for a reason

Burkie I thought AM34 was leaving after his second contract was up?

@maxbolton5227

2 күн бұрын

Something about 13.25M AAV may have changed his mind

Here is a hockey lesson for all of you. Toronto won't try and trade Marner or the Captain Tavares or take the C from Traverse because they will let their contracts run out then bring in McDavid that wants to play in Toronto and give him the C.

Mitch can't stay cause in the playoffs(s) he didnt earn his pay. Why would Mitch dig in on a no move and alienate all the fans in Leafs Nation? Bad vibes and bitter fans not a good outlook for 16. He's a great player and a good person. All the best to Mitch in his new digs wherever they are.

@thewickedone2676

Күн бұрын

I really don't understand this line of thinking. You do realize that Marner has more playoffs points than anyone on the active roster, don't you?

Why is everyone going on about paying these guys all that money it's one more year sign marner and then JT has gotta sign at 5 or below or see ya later

@NOSSCARSeriesRacing

2 күн бұрын

The Leafs begin paying Woll more starting next year. So will Knies and McCabe. There goes most of Tavares' $11 million.

@NOSSCARSeriesRacing

2 күн бұрын

Starting for the 2025/2026 season... Woll, Knies, and McCabe will all make more money. There goes most of the $11 million from Tavares coming off the books.

I guess Burke pays 0 attention to say, Basketball, where the big people have been getting more skilled for quite a while.

guy still hates nylander

Joe Biden here

Nice to hear Joe Biden talk about the Leaves

Guy wearing a Anaheim Ducks golf shirt shouldnt be talking any other franchise in the league….everybody has a hard on for the leafs

Thanks Burke for Reilly, you were a visionary...Morgan who ruins the career of every unfortunate partner designated to cover his liabilities.

@angrydalailama6089

3 күн бұрын

Was probably a fantastic lawyer but I don't think much of his work as a hockey executive. Does he watch hockey anymore??? TJ is terrible!

@jacksblacks6209

3 күн бұрын

Visionary? If so he missed on Filip Forsburg and he traded the future

@tplomonte

2 күн бұрын

Well their is some fact! Reilly needs to be gone , but once again ni move or trade funny how that seems to be consistent theme!! Will he be pissed like he was when Sandin was running the power play or Klingberg? Once Oliver Eckman Larson gets his chance

Nylander is a far better player than Marner. They didnt sign Nylander to eight years just to trade him the next year Burke I think smoked a joint before this take😂. This is why Pittsburgh got rid of him. He doesnt know what he is talking about.

YA BURKEY! KEEP MITCH!

You traded 2 first rounders 4 Phil Kessel. Please stop talking about how smart you are!!!

@maxbolton5227

2 күн бұрын

Phil is a hall of famer. Seguin and Dougie are not. Shut your yap

@russpyatt9771

2 күн бұрын

Seguin won the cup with Boston, Phil got to watch. Open your eyes. That trade sunk Toronto and Burke was fired because he couldn't win.

The leaf management are a dozen steps ahead of everyone. They need a $3million dollar defenceman, that’s what Lyubushkin just went for and they could not afford that. Jani Hakanpaa is bigger and better but they can’t afford $3million, but they can afford a cap hit of 1.5. So sign him for 2 years knowing he can’t play the first year. Jani also knows he can’t play this year, but he is worth 3mill next year. So give him 1.5 this year to sit out on LTIR so he gets his 1.5 and it does not go against the cap, and next year he actually plays and gets the other 1.5 And The Leafs only get a 1.5 cap hit.

Who's going to come back on a marner trade that is going to put up 90 to 100 points every year. The answer is nobody.

@NOSSCARSeriesRacing

2 күн бұрын

We have the talent to fill in those missing points. McMann, Knies, etc.. We need better playoff players. I dont care if Marner gets 200 regular season points... he needs to be better in the playoffs.

The audacity yikes

Marner for Kotkaniemi and Necas rights sign him for around 6M X7. Marner can take 11M approx because CAR tax is 11% cheaper then TML so will make the same money at lower cap. 1st line of Domi -Matthews - Necas. 2nd line Tavares- Kotkaniemi - Nylander. Dump or trade Liljegren and Kampf and Timmins and Robertson to get a good 3rd center and 4th center .Hakanappa most likely a LTIR signing just like Klingberg was.

@smokinjoe45

3 күн бұрын

What??? Trade one scrawny high skill guy for another scrawny high skill guy who disappears in the playoffs even worse??

@andrewarmour

3 күн бұрын

I don't think Necas + Kotkaniemi come even halfway to replacing Marner's 90+ points.

@people3865

2 күн бұрын

​@@andrewarmourThey do if the cap is abolished lol

@user-xg8ig6zx5r

2 күн бұрын

@@andrewarmour 62 points for Necas and 27 points for Kotkaniemi hmm your math aint so good! Marner had 85 points!

@andrewarmour

2 күн бұрын

@@user-xg8ig6zx5r in 69 games?

Moving Nylander seems less likely than moving Marner in large part as Tre signed him to his recent, large contract. Tre has less obligation to Marner, though when push comes to shove, it is unfortunate that Scooby (Dubas) set things up such as they are with the “Big 4” and the NMCs. I find it hard to agree that Nylander is a more valuable player, but ultimately, come playoff time, Nylander has been a better performer than Marner. Neither have brought home anything past a first round win in their 8 years together and it stands to reason that the same situation with the Big 4 not performing at playoff time will be the same this next season, despite the good moves that Tre has made so far in the offseason. With Marners camp claiming that he will not waive his NMC, I guess we are back to hoping that Berube and the new, improved D and G situations will show some progress. But hope is not the same as good strategy. Another way to look at it is that Tavares will either be gone or at a much lower cap hit should he decide to extend past next year and then we would have a Big 3 rather than a big 4. But that would mean (likely) wasting another season for the Leafs. I like Burkie personally and his straight shooting approach, whether or not he is necessarily right on his choices, is a plus. His book, Burke’s Law, is a good read for anyone interested in hockey and what goes on with upper management.

I cant believe Burke would rather have baby mitch over Nylander. Guess hes slipping

@paulmoshenko3674

Күн бұрын

Just remember how Burke was going to make the leafs bigger and tougher. He failed.

@cbenjamin9220

Күн бұрын

@@paulmoshenko3674 you aren't wrong. He didn't win in Vancouver with bure, Linden, mogilny, McLean either. Still, I love the guy, what can I say. He's a good man

@paulmoshenko3674

Күн бұрын

@cbenjamin9220 no arguments there, he is a good man no doubt. But when you come into a new city and say you are going to do this and that and you fail to do what you said you were going to do, that's failure. Still he is a good person. This happen in Toronto.

@cbenjamin9220

Күн бұрын

@@paulmoshenko3674 oh, for sure. He shit the bed in Toronto.

Love hearing all the moronic Leafs fans criticizing Marner for not being a playoff player when he has the most playoff points on the roster. Only Leafs fans lol.

Hakanpa won't play.

Burke couldn’t manage a paper bag lunch,let alone a team. Overrated 👎🏼

No one, and I do mean no one, gives a crap what brian Burke thinks. The guy has been wrong practically his whole life

The Leafs are a disgrace for their lack of playoffs success the past 7 seasons

Always liked Burke, but he pissed me off as Leaf GM by saying one thing "We're going to do things the right way & build from the back out", then basically abandoning that plan & coughing up not just 1, but TWO 1st's for Kessel & failing to 'top 10' protect them. The arrogance that his team couldn't possibly be so bad that the picks would end up as 'top 10's' is partly what did him in, coupled with some dogshit drafting. Likeable guy, but not top drawer material as a Leaf GM.

Taking the C off Tavares before this season is just beyond stupid. Do it after 24/25 season & give it to Rielly or Matthews. Rielly would be my choice.