i definitely wouldn't say Burke is a retard. IMO he's a pretty damn good GM. He built most of the foundation and "core" team of the Canucks. Left the team for Nonis to continue, but as we all know, Nonis only had a year or so to attempt to build his team but was shipped off without his 3 year "gm trial period" or whatever you want to call it. I dont need to go into much detail but Burke went to Anaheim and won a cup. So I mean, I wouldn't say he's a retard.

thats just my 2 cents

Vancouver he did pretty good for the most part, I'll give him that. Getting the Sedin's at the draft was a legacy we are still reaping the benefits of.

Most of the team in Anaheim that won the cup was assembled before Burke came in. He added a few final pieces to the puzzle.

Toronto has so far been a wash. He's made a few decent moves, but a lot of crap that has me scratching my head.

As I see it, he has lost his touch that made him a really good GM in the late 90's and early part of the 2000's.

Not really. Burke got rid of a lot of the dead weight in Anaheim prior to the Cup. Trading that Fedorov contract for Wright and Beauchemen was amazing.

He also brought in Niedermayer, Pronger, and re-signed Selanne.

Trading away back to back first round picks when you're in full rebuild mode pretty much takes away and good will he has and puts him in the idiot category.

finally someone who actually knows wat Burke has done in anahiem.

besides the obvious big names that he brought in, beauchemen signing was huge imo

Most of the assets were left over by Murray though.

Burke / Anaheim argument could go on forever. Bottom line is they won a cup. Can't argue with that.
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But I am :troll:

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MG would like to land WM, and WM would like to stay in Van. But he's going to want the best deal poss, and im not sure that comes from VAN

Exactly. The moves Burke made, with maybe the exception of the Federov trade, kinda fell into his lap. Rob Niedermayer was already in Anaheim, and Scott had already expressed his desire to play alongside him. How could he say no to that, 6M a year, living in the OC, and being the Captain? Pronger wanted to get the hell out of Edmonton, so Burke swooped in. Selanne spent the lockout year rehabbing his knee and didn't want to play anywhere else but Anaheim. The acquisitions they made put them over the top, but Murray had his fingerprints all over that cup winning team too. And this is coming from a die hard Ducks fan.

You make it sound like just about anyone could of done exactly what burke did.

anybody get the new Sportsnet One channel yet?

It's only available back east right now on Rogers Cable. Shaw Cable which services Western Canada still hasn't found room on its digital tier for Sportsnet One and they have no idea when they will. Telus TV, Novus, etc... who service BC also haven't come to an licensing agreement with Rogers yet either, it's expected Shaw will be the first for BC.

I trust they will figure it out by the start of the NHL season, though not really a biggie for me as I actually prefer going to the bars to catch what used to be PPV games for the atmosphere, drinks and female talent :D

I've been noticing that my HD channels on my Shaw Box have been changed up. Global use to be on 199 and now its on 200 something. So i guess they are shuffling room for it.

Yeah they changed them around last week - so retarded. In case anyone was recording a series, you don't have to find it on the new channel, it automatically does it.

All the sports channels are clustered together and thats the only useful thing that the re-channel did

Shaw always shifts their channels around. I hope Sportsnet One makes it's way on Bell soon.

Have any of you regulars on this thread gotten together at a bar to watch the game and have a couple pops?

how can we make up to the second comments on the Canucks thread if we did that :p

Lol. Yah it wouldn't be the same saying them in person

^haha everyone gets together, then ends up just writing in this thread from their smartphones, nobody talks in person.

No, but I might be down for that one day.
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7seven provide some ladies and have a RS forum sports bar night :P

anybody got the nhl 11 demo? thoughts? i'm gunna download it tonight after work