It is not surprising that the Canucks did not renew Brian Burkes contract. I mean I have been saying for years that they need to make some big moves and Brian was in charge of those moves. He will be missed though, as he does know a lot about hockey. There are already rumors that the CEO of Orca Bay( the Canucks Parent Company) , had it in for him, so who knows if his leash was pulled a little to tight for him to make such moves.
I think they really need to look at getting rid of Naslund, and give back the "C” to its rightful owner, Trevor Linden. This would be an instant improvement in team moral, after all you are only as good as your leader, and when your leader publicly announces that he doesn’t think the team “wasn’t good enough to go very far in the playoffs”, I mean doesn’t that say it all ?.
I think this is only a start of some big shake ups in the core of this team, at least I hope !
Posted by Muckhead at May 4, 2004 11:33 AM