The Toronto Star reports “Toronto general manager Brian Burke, who is rarely ambiguous, pulled no punches yesterday when he blasted the Senators’ 50-goal sniper or his representatives for letting a request for a trade out of Ottawa become public”…
It’s interesting that Brian Burke would take this stance considering when he was GM in Anaheim he was quick to trade for Chris Pronger when Pronger stated publicly he wanted to be traded from Edmonton for personal reasons…”We believe having Chris Pronger join Scott Niedermayer on our blue-line gives us two of the top defencemen in the NHL today,” Ducks general manager Brian Burke said in a release. “Players of this calibre don’t become available very often, especially when they are still in the prime of their career.”
Is Heatley not in the prime of his career? Is he not of pronger’s calibre? It’s clear that Burke is posturing to possibly take advantage of the weak position Heatley has left Senators GM Bryan Murray in…