Burke’s time in Toronto and Pittsburgh were very similar to me. The goal was to try and “win now” regardless of whatever position they were in with the rosters. And as stated at the beginning of the video in his very first interview, get as big as you can to try and demolish your opponents

@brennanschaufert4076

28 күн бұрын

Did the exact same thing in Calgary too. They make an unexpected run in 2015 and just like that the “rebuild” was over

I'd watched one of your other vids the other day so I subscribed ..didn't realize you were so tiny, ya don't seem like that small a channel. Your VO work is really really good. I've seen some sports KZreadrs with hundreds of thousands of subscribers who sound super stale or have terrible cadence with their voice...yours is top notch.

@WhatsHappeningHockey

27 күн бұрын

Much appreciated feedback. The voice is always changing. Trying to get more comfortable, find different ways of saying things. It’s a process of sorts! But again thanks for watching!

Bro sounded so confident gassing up Lupul and Gardiner 😂

@WhatsHappeningHockey

8 күн бұрын

Absolutely lol’d when I found the clip

Burkie's best skill is that he can talk and make you believe in anything. He really had people believing he was going to build this team into a contender. In retrospect, his aggressiveness set us back years. The best moves he could've made were the ones he didn't have to i.e. Rask, Seguin, Phaneuf, etc. How many of his prospects actually panned out?

@rakketz5976

18 күн бұрын

I think Ferguson made the Rask deal.

Burke blows hot air, always.

The Toronto Maple Leafs look great on paper, when it comes to the actual ice they get shredded.

He said a team is either rapidly ascending or descending. The Leafs were rapidly descending when he thought they were ascending. He was wrong, and we all paid for it by setting back this team 8 years.

Sidney Crosby, Patrick Kane, Tyler Seguin, Drew Doughty, Alex Ovechkin, Steven Stamkos, Nathan MacKinnon. Almost every Cup winner has at least one top 2 pick they drafted themselves.

Listen to nothing Brian Burke says

@badbutbois

27 күн бұрын

Guys an absolute clown loll

@WhatsHappeningHockey

27 күн бұрын

He's a strange specimen, that's for sure. I really like his press conference quips; and as a TV personality I find him highly entertaining. But I don't know if his post-2007 resume really warrants another GM job.

A fair assessment. Let's see what gets said when Keefe and Shanahan get fired.

I remember seeing Tyler Biggs play in a junior game a few months before he was drafted where he scored twice and dominated play. I remember being so elated when the Leafs picked him....then I saw him playing with the Marlies. The man could not receive a pass at pro hockey speeds. It was like he had nerf hands. He simply maxed out at the college and junior levels, where decent stats masked his deficiencies. His pro career turned into kicking around the ECHL for a few seasons.

@GWNgaming2012

26 күн бұрын

When he was thrown into the Kessel trade, I wondered if he might be a sleeper piece in the deal. 11 games in Wilkes-Barre and right to the ECHL. Nope.

"Turning the team around via trades sounds like Dubas." Guess everybody get's to that thought.

Congrats! Your the new GM of the Maple leafs!! = Oh wow I get to inherit infinite ROCK BOTTOM Mediocrity? Perfect.

ah Jole Coburn. I remember his star was rising much like Knies' is right now. What ever happened to Colburn?

@WhatsHappeningHockey

9 күн бұрын

Had a couple decent seasons with Calgary before signing in Colorado. Played 1 season there and that was it, had a strange end to his career

BRO you traded off tylor segan, dougie hamilto, and tuuska rask.....

Burke is a dealer. I actually love his trades. But as stated in the video.... his drafting was sub par.

The Leafs are not currently built to WIN the Stanley Cup! The defense needs to get bigger and tougher and goaltending needs to be solidified, period! The team also needs to play consistent, with drive, GRIT, and urgency, each and every game? Special teams also, are a mess and need to improve substantially. Tre, GET-R-DONE!

Because he did so well 😂😂😂

Brian "L" Burke

Happy fathers day to our Daddy, the Boston bruins

Burke lost touch with where the game was going…speed and skill…and thought he could wheel and deal elite players from other teams. His number one centre when they made the playoffs was Tyler Bozak. A great three, not an elite centre. He did two good things in Toronto. Using cap space to bring better players, and shutting out ownership from hockey ops. Oh, yeah…the eighteen wheeler off the cliff let them draft Morgan Reilly.

Half way through the video...Brian Burke reeks of desperation.

What GM in their right mind would trade with the leafs. Their players are over paid, over rated and under perform in the playoffs. Scotty Bowman said the regular season is preseason to the playoffs. The Leaf organization sill doesn't get it

@wizzerwiser2056

22 күн бұрын

They trade with the Leafs because they are easy to fleece in a trade due to their desperation.

Look at the last 50 Stanley Cup champions, then ask yourself this: is Toronto built like any of the 50 previous championship teams? The answer is: no. Plain and simple. Overpaying for four finesse forwards, while ignoring defence and goaltending was not the template for success, and never will be as history dictates.

@brennanschaufert4076

24 күн бұрын

While I do agree with your overall statement here, the leafs aren’t built to win. I do think Matthews is exactly the guy you need in your lineup, I don’t think his inclusion as a Selke finalist this year is a fluke. He is Toronto’s version of a Toews/Kopitar because he’s a legitimate two way 1C. Morgan Reilly is not a top dman and to me that’s where the problem lies

@automatoncollectives7237

24 күн бұрын

@@brennanschaufert4076 They definitely are built to win during the regular season, but they simply aren’t built for going deep in the playoffs. One playoff series win since the inception of the core four, establishes that. Whomever put this team together clearly was arrogant and thought they could ignore the template of successful playoff teams, or, they simply are illiterate to the game in general. The experiment has been a failure, that’s for sure.

burke thought he was better than what he is , he was lucky with the ducks that a few players landed in his lap for a season , when those players left burke knew it wasnt going to be good