After entirely too long of a hiatus, it's good to be back and discussing hockey when it actually means something. :D
I thought this was pretty shocking - Brian Burke let go as GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs just a projected 10 days before the season opens:
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=413146
No doubt the Phil Kessel trade, if not a central piece to the firing, had to be at least part of the weight that caused this hammer to fall.
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Did Brian Burke deserve to be fired?
Absolutely - why this wasn't done already is beyond me! (1 vote)
I'm in the middle on this one. Probably deserved, but the timing is very odd. (2 votes)
Not at all. Toronto was on its way back to contention. (0 votes)
Dude, it's a division rival - who cares? (4 votes)
7 total votes
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