Friday, October 23, 2009

Whats Burke's next step?

As Brian Burke takes in a practice he sits and ponders what the Toronto Maple Leafs need to turn things around. With the win less start, the Maple Leafs travel to Vancouver in search of their first win. This will be no easy task with the likes of Ruberto Luongo in between the pipes. Many critics are wondering with all the new additions to the back end, and Phil Kessel, what is Burke's next move? With the current downward trend the Leafs are on, if the Leafs finish last, the first round pick in 2010 they gave up to the Boston Bruins in the deal for Kessel will damage the Leafs future development even worse. although 2010 isn't slatted to be that deep of a draft, it still begs the question, will Brian Bruke do something drastic in the near future to try and change their luck and make Brian Burke's decision to bring in Kessel not look like a mistake. Although Burke hopes that Kessel will have continued success like he did in Boston, many people forget that Kessel had the likes of Marc Savard feeding him the puck. This is one luxury that Kessel wont have in Toronto, much like Mats Sundin was in the last couple years.

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