As we already discussed this week, Brian Burke was not a very good G.M with the Toronto Maple Leafs and he made a ton of mistakes while being in charge.
The NHL was moving away from his philosophy of old-school hockey, so unfortunately he set the franchise back a few years instead of moving them closer to a Stanley Cup.
During Burke’s tenure, the Toronto Maple Leafs never made the playoffs, went through two coaches and a string of bad goaltenders.
Burke was quoted in The Toronto Star in October, 2010 talking about how he wanted his team to play, saying: “We pursue the puck in all three zones.