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Originally Posted by iceblue
Perhaps. But one thing struck me about the article that we all seem to know but not discuss much: that the Leafs will be in a better position following this lockout than many other teams. If you recall the last lockout, Leafs had real problems going down to the 39 million cap which ultimately led to much of the failure on ice. Bash Burke all you want, but I think he has done well by putting the Leafs in a much stronger position coming out of this lockout whenever it ends and whatever the new CBA looks like.
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Some might say he had the vision that there would be CBA troubles this year hence all the expiring contracts at the end of this year.