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[Firing] Burke Done in TO


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a friend of a friend has some access to information here in toronto and says he was fired because he messed up the luongo deal. i don't know the guy or where he got his information, but that's what he said

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I am almost certain that this has something to do with him not trading for Luongo, the new owners in TO need to make a splash. With the blue jays being the talk of the town with all their major acquisitions this summer it's about competing for the sports dollars. Burke screwed up at the draft by not pulling the trigger on the trade when ownership wanted it. Plus they have a capable guy in Nonis who has before dealt for Luongo, combine that with Burkes baggage made for an easy decision for ownership to remove him from his position.

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L O 'fricin' L

Only in Toronto. I would concur that this is because Burke is being a stubborn ass about trading for Luongo. Just get it done already. You need a goaltender. Luongo is available, you haven't had a good goalie in years, this is what they need. The GM has to put his ego aside and make a gamble for the team.

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Toronto in the press will anounce nonis is taking over as gm of the leafs......the players will vote on the cba later today and pass it so its official....nonis will then go into burkes old office, sit in burkes old chair and put his signature on the papers sitting on burkes old desk to bring luongo and raymond to toronto....which will be breaking news tonight and the canucks forum will crash from madness.....you heard it here folks!

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The GM and owners wouldn't discuss proposed deals from other teams unless he needed the owners approval. It would be more general than that, with the owners asking for a progress report or just his stance on a potential deal for any goalie after it came out earlier this week that the Leafs weren't interested in Bernier. Combine that with Burke's current playoof attendance record, winning personality and the change of ownership for the Leafs earlier this year, and he might have already been close to the edge.

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