Rebuild on the fly: Brian Burke and the Toronto Maple Leafs

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Ай бұрын

With more than 25 years of NHL experience, Brian Burke has seen it all. The highs of winning a Stanley Cup, the thrill of trading for both Sedins... And the lows in managing the Toronto Maple Leafs. From Phil Kessel to Dion Phaneuf, in this video we revisit Burkie's tenure in The Six. #nhl #torontomapleleafs #hockey

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@JStark98 Ай бұрын

Burke’s time in Toronto and Pittsburgh were very similar to me. The goal was to try and “win now” regardless of whatever position they were in with the rosters. And as stated at the beginning of the video in his very first interview, get as big as you can to try and demolish your opponents

@brennanschaufert4076 Ай бұрын

Did the exact same thing in Calgary too. They make an unexpected run in 2015 and just like that the “rebuild” was over

@mattneko4225 16 күн бұрын

Bro sounded so confident gassing up Lupul and Gardiner 😂

@WhatsHappeningHockey 16 күн бұрын

Absolutely lol’d when I found the clip

@Mastaace Ай бұрын

I'd watched one of your other vids the other day so I subscribed ..didn't realize you were so tiny, ya don't seem like that small a channel. Your VO work is really really good. I've seen some sports KZbinrs with hundreds of thousands of subscribers who sound super stale or have terrible cadence with their voice...yours is top notch.

@WhatsHappeningHockey Ай бұрын

Much appreciated feedback. The voice is always changing. Trying to get more comfortable, find different ways of saying things. It’s a process of sorts! But again thanks for watching!

@christopherziegler5837 19 күн бұрын

Burke blows hot air, always.

@applepieclub5012 Ай бұрын

Burkie's best skill is that he can talk and make you believe in anything. He really had people believing he was going to build this team into a contender. In retrospect, his aggressiveness set us back years. The best moves he could've made were the ones he didn't have to i.e. Rask, Seguin, Phaneuf, etc. How many of his prospects actually panned out?

@rakketz5976 26 күн бұрын

I think Ferguson made the Rask deal.

@kurtwpg 29 күн бұрын

Sidney Crosby, Patrick Kane, Tyler Seguin, Drew Doughty, Alex Ovechkin, Steven Stamkos, Nathan MacKinnon. Almost every Cup winner has at least one top 2 pick they drafted themselves.

@CanadianLoveKnot Ай бұрын

He said a team is either rapidly ascending or descending. The Leafs were rapidly descending when he thought they were ascending. He was wrong, and we all paid for it by setting back this team 8 years.

@thet3504 Ай бұрын

Listen to nothing Brian Burke says

@badbutbois Ай бұрын

Guys an absolute clown loll

@WhatsHappeningHockey Ай бұрын

He's a strange specimen, that's for sure. I really like his press conference quips; and as a TV personality I find him highly entertaining. But I don't know if his post-2007 resume really warrants another GM job.

@stephenbueschleb9405 Ай бұрын

A fair assessment. Let's see what gets said when Keefe and Shanahan get fired.

@3ppcli Ай бұрын

The Toronto Maple Leafs look great on paper, when it comes to the actual ice they get shredded.

@gcmgome Ай бұрын

I remember seeing Tyler Biggs play in a junior game a few months before he was drafted where he scored twice and dominated play. I remember being so elated when the Leafs picked him....then I saw him playing with the Marlies. The man could not receive a pass at pro hockey speeds. It was like he had nerf hands. He simply maxed out at the college and junior levels, where decent stats masked his deficiencies. His pro career turned into kicking around the ECHL for a few seasons.

@GWNgaming2012 Ай бұрын

When he was thrown into the Kessel trade, I wondered if he might be a sleeper piece in the deal. 11 games in Wilkes-Barre and right to the ECHL. Nope.

@MrTickingtime Ай бұрын

Congrats! Your the new GM of the Maple leafs!! = Oh wow I get to inherit infinite ROCK BOTTOM Mediocrity? Perfect.

@segagenesis9096 Ай бұрын

"Turning the team around via trades sounds like Dubas." Guess everybody get's to that thought.

@MisterMister5893 17 күн бұрын

ah Jole Coburn. I remember his star was rising much like Knies' is right now. What ever happened to Colburn?

@WhatsHappeningHockey 17 күн бұрын

Had a couple decent seasons with Calgary before signing in Colorado. Played 1 season there and that was it, had a strange end to his career

@gregkirby9059 Ай бұрын

BRO you traded off tylor segan, dougie hamilto, and tuuska rask.....

@rakketz5976 26 күн бұрын

Burke is a dealer. I actually love his trades. But as stated in the video.... his drafting was sub par.

@Smf7161 Ай бұрын

The Leafs are not currently built to WIN the Stanley Cup! The defense needs to get bigger and tougher and goaltending needs to be solidified, period! The team also needs to play consistent, with drive, GRIT, and urgency, each and every game? Special teams also, are a mess and need to improve substantially. Tre, GET-R-DONE!

@richardzaluski284 25 күн бұрын

Because he did so well 😂😂😂

@MapleLeafsMike Ай бұрын

Happy fathers day to our Daddy, the Boston bruins

@Intelpol-fz6hs Ай бұрын

Brian "L" Burke

@Parmen0901 Ай бұрын

Burke lost touch with where the game was going…speed and skill…and thought he could wheel and deal elite players from other teams. His number one centre when they made the playoffs was Tyler Bozak. A great three, not an elite centre. He did two good things in Toronto. Using cap space to bring better players, and shutting out ownership from hockey ops. Oh, yeah…the eighteen wheeler off the cliff let them draft Morgan Reilly.

@vmi4172 26 күн бұрын

Half way through the video...Brian Burke reeks of desperation.

@davidjohnson-fw5co Ай бұрын

What GM in their right mind would trade with the leafs. Their players are over paid, over rated and under perform in the playoffs. Scotty Bowman said the regular season is preseason to the playoffs. The Leaf organization sill doesn't get it

@wizzerwiser2056 Ай бұрын

They trade with the Leafs because they are easy to fleece in a trade due to their desperation.

@donniedoesdishes Ай бұрын

burke thought he was better than what he is , he was lucky with the ducks that a few players landed in his lap for a season , when those players left burke knew it wasnt going to be good

@automatoncollectives7237 Ай бұрын

Look at the last 50 Stanley Cup champions, then ask yourself this: is Toronto built like any of the 50 previous championship teams? The answer is: no. Plain and simple. Overpaying for four finesse forwards, while ignoring defence and goaltending was not the template for success, and never will be as history dictates.

@brennanschaufert4076 Ай бұрын

While I do agree with your overall statement here, the leafs aren’t built to win. I do think Matthews is exactly the guy you need in your lineup, I don’t think his inclusion as a Selke finalist this year is a fluke. He is Toronto’s version of a Toews/Kopitar because he’s a legitimate two way 1C. Morgan Reilly is not a top dman and to me that’s where the problem lies

@automatoncollectives7237 Ай бұрын

@@brennanschaufert4076 They definitely are built to win during the regular season, but they simply aren’t built for going deep in the playoffs. One playoff series win since the inception of the core four, establishes that. Whomever put this team together clearly was arrogant and thought they could ignore the template of successful playoff teams, or, they simply are illiterate to the game in general. The experiment has been a failure, that’s for sure.