I can't stand Berger, but it is hilarious reading guys with NO sources carving a guy who knows every single person in the organization, as well as plenty of league contacts. Get over yourselves.
I can't stand Berger, but it is hilarious reading guys with NO sources carving a guy who knows every single person in the organization, as well as plenty of league contacts. Get over yourselves.
I agree.
I don't like Berger either, but just because the guy lost his job doesn't mean he still doesn't have sources within the Leafs organization. Berger has been following the Leafs for 20+ years, he wouldn't have had a job for that long if he didn't have people on the inside feeding him information from time to time.
Exact same thing was said last year. The trade for a top 6 forward was looming.
It was said that they were looking to pull the trigger on the Schenn for JVR last season at the draft and mid season or when ever it was JVR got hurt. So the rumors were true they were looking to make that deal for a top 6 forward just fell through when JVR got hurt.
It was said that they were looking to pull the trigger on the Schenn for JVR last season at the draft and mid season or when ever it was JVR got hurt. So the rumors were true they were looking to make that deal for a top 6 forward just fell through when JVR got hurt.
Burke was very confident a deal would get done mid January-ish IIRC when he appeared on Prime Time Sports. My guess is it was the JvR-Schenn swap but JvR's injury status nixed it.
Some of the Twitter rumour mongers in particular were howling about it.
didn't Burke just go on record like last week and say they didn't have much in the works and that this is basically the team we will be starting the season with? it had a thread that was like 30 pages long.
didn't Burke just go on record like last week and say they didn't have much in the works and that this is basically the team we will be starting the season with? it had a thread that was like 30 pages long.
Which is exactly why no one should ever take Burke's words at face value.
didn't Burke just go on record like last week and say they didn't have much in the works and that this is basically the team we will be starting the season with? it had a thread that was like 30 pages long.
Burke says a lot of things, for a wide range of reasons. He uses the media like the talking heads that they are, making everything he chooses to disclose go viral in a matter of seconds.
We all know he isn't happy with his current roster, and by stating he doesn't plan on making any more moves he could be influencing another GM to pull the trigger on a deal that he may be apprehensive about accepting.
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using his big frame to create space and his skating ability to find open lanes to drive the net. He stands 6-3 and is a natural goal scorer with plenty of confidence.
He's a scout's dream in the way he prepares himself and plays an unselfish game, making smart decisions with the puck. With his bloodlines, he certainly understands what it will take to make it at the next level.
