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[Todrick]

Just curious.

It's been announced that a special video tribute will be shown on Honda Vision for Brian Burke...

I know in the past we have cheered for returning members of the Cup team... but does Burke get the same heroes welcome after mismanaging the team post-cup and then leaving the team in cap hell, mid-season, to be "closer to his family"?

[JimmyWah]

cup trumps all. i'll cheer his sorry ass.

i personally miss the guy.

[kidish]

Burke didn't leave the Ducks in financial purgatory because he was planning on ditching them all along. Burke's management style (as seen in Vancouver, Anaheim, and thus far Toronto) is to simply go for the win as soon as possible. He isn't known as a patient, rebuilding GM, probably because he has no patience.

If anyone here really thinks he *did* something against Anaheim, you need to see the bigger picture. He didn't do anything here that he hasn't shown he just DOES as his own personal M.O., and if the organization didn't want to consider that one day, they wouldn't have hired him. (He IS a proven winning GM though. First Cup with us, sure, but he DID make Vancouver into a winning club again.)

Likewise it is important to remember, Toronto was pressuring him with subtle invites before the season started -- heck, I've even read it started the moment he won Anaheim the Cup. His family IS back there. Toronto itself is, along with Montreal, a place where hockey IS politic, IS life -- not a sport. It is one of the penultimate locations a coach or GM could want to be, ESPECIALLY since Toronto needs such a rebuild. That's a new opportunity for Burke to create, to build up, to leave HIS name on another location.

Be classy. He came here and gave Anaheim a Cup winning team. Regardless of whether you like his financial dealings or not, he put the final pieces together to give this club the BEST moment in our fan history. That's a man you cheer.

[RGS_Quack93]

He did alot of good for the organization and the city. Not sure where this club would be without him.

[kidish]

He did alot of good for the organization and the city. Not sure where this club would be without him.

In a situation like Tampa, Florida, Atlanta, or Nashville (nobody is quite as bad off as Phoenix). This isn't a hockey market, and what's here the Ducks didn't create, the Kings did. He helped bring legitimacy to this organization.

The owners are likewise in the same boat on that. Either way, why boo what worked for us once?

[TroyLoney]

I'd cheer the video in respect for what Burke did with the Ducks but I would never cheer for him again. One moment to honor his accomplishments with the organization and then, never again.

[pixiedawn]

I picked silent protest because there is no maybe option. he did give us our Cup, but he left like a punk. just my $.02

[Todrick]

Either way, why boo what worked for us once?

we boo Kariya

[West of House]

we boo Kariya

Every time he touches the puck. Forever.

[TroyLoney]

we boo Kariya

Kariya didn't help win the Ducks a Cup.

[RGS_Quack93]

we boo Kariya

But kariya didnt take us to the promise land, AND he jumped ship like a little biatch.

[Todrick]

But kariya didnt take us to the promise land, AND he jumped ship like a little biatch.

I was just saying... Kariya, to that point, was the most successful player in franchise history...

So he clearly "worked for us once".

Just pointing it out.

Plus some would say that the way Burke left was just as bad...

[RGS_Quack93]

I was just saying... Kariya, to that point, was the most successful player in franchise history...

So he clearly "worked for us once".

Just pointing it out.

Plus some would say that the way Burke left was just as bad...

I know what point you were making and I agree. I was just saying hes not int he same boat as Burke, because even though Burke may have left us high and dry and kinda flaked, he at least helped us win the Cup.

Kariya was good for us and is still good but slapped us in the face upon departure, and he didn't win us a Cup (sucker) haha

[kidish]

I kind of see the Kariya thing, but he DID make a choice and ditched out.

I don't feel Burke ditched out. He did his job, was given a different (and be honest, BETTER) opportunity that made more sense for his whole family, and so bowed out. How the franchise was left -- it'd have been like that if he stayed or not. He did this in Vancouver, ramping up and making success, then moved on there too.

He's not really a long-term guy. He did what he wanted here. How he did it...well Duicks ownership knew he was that type of immediate-success GM, and he had the green light to do everything he DID do.

Kariya was someone though the Ducks WERE hoping to keep in the fold. HE chose not to be.

[Todrick]

I'm thinking they run one video... with all three guys Beauch, Allaire, Burke...

Might make it much harder to boo...

[QuacksMeUp]

Strangely enough, I would not boo him, but cheer him for bringing a bright spotlight to Anaheim and doing exactly everything he told this fanbase he would do. Besides, he's got himself in it up to his neck in Toronto and I'm not so sure he can be bailed out by the kiddies on this one.

[ladiesandgentlemen]

Even though I'm mad at Brian Burke for leaving after he said "We love it here. We want to stay as long as they'll have us" (or something to that effect), I appreciate most everything he did here. The proof's in the putting, and the Stanley Cup gleamed in the Ponda while being handed to our boys. Anaheim is a Cup champion forever, and forever first in our region.

I say we take the high road and cheer, and be bigger than all the naysayers and haters and losers that act out of jealousy and insecurity.

[Rooch20]

I voted "Silent Protest". My feelings of Burke are mixed in that he did bring us the Cup and put Anaheim on the map at least for a bit. However, the moves he made afterwards, especially how he handled the Kevin Lowe offersheet for Dustin Penner(he could've matched it but decided to get Todd Bertuzzi instead for virturally the same price), his trading away of Andy McDonald, his failure to give Scotty and Teemu a hard deadline for their decisions, and the Toronto tampering thing left a bitter taste in my mouth.

[MrsBevo]

I never booed for Kariya, but then again, I'm still a fan of his. (There is nothing new to sling at me for that, by the way).

I won't cheer for Burke, nor boo. I'm middle ground - got us a Cup, but made some moves that weren't so great, too.

[Todrick]

I never booed for Kariya, but then again, I'm still a fan of his. (There is nothing new to sling at me for that, by the way).

I won't cheer for Burke, nor boo. I'm middle ground - got us a Cup, but made some moves that weren't so great, too.

yeah but your not allowed to cheer or Boo...

[ducks4adam98]

I don't like how he left, I don't agree with kidish that he just did his job. He lied to us, the fans, on many occasions saying how much he would love to stay here and not want to leave. I believe he was setting up deals with Toronto before he left, and that's not right. The thing I do agree with is that it's just how he is, but I don't know why that should excuse it. He crippled our franchise in the way he dealt with Teemu and Scott. He made no attempts to help our organization at any point in the future, seeing as how Murray was the one who had to handle our long list of FAs. Burke talked about how tough it would be to resign/trade all those players, but he didn't do a damn thing about it.

With all that said, I would cheer for him if I were there. It would not be a moment where I would forget about all the reasons I don't like him. Whether or not you think the Cup outweighs how he left and handled this organization up until he left, I think you gotta cheer for the guy. Fact of the matter is we would not have a Cup without him. We may even be better off now if we never had him who knows, but he brought the Cup here. Booing that would be like booing the ceremony on June 6, 2007.

[Rage]

Cheer for Burke? Of course I will.

He made the cup a possibility and helped the team immensely. Am I happy about him leaving us mid-season last year? Not one bit, but he left a damn good replacement in Bob Murray, so I'm fine with that now that all's said and done.

[DucksFan39]

I'm pissed the way he left us

I'm pissed he signed Bertuzzi which helped lead to Penners exit

but If he were here we wouldn't have a soft team.

[MrsBevo]

yeah but you're not allowed to cheer or Boo...

I can , I just have to keep it quieter than if I was sitting next to you!

[Bryan]

cheer, because he brought the cup. Then again, laugh for what he is doing to Toronto