Leaf fans: Get ready for a Burke-quake

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Now that the race is officially on to fast-track Burke to Toronto after the Leafs received the letter from the Anaheim Ducks yesterday clearing the way for contract negotiations to begin immediately, it’s worth contemplating the impact Burke might have if he’s on the job by next week.

Think earthquake.

Maybe not in the first week.

But by the second for sure.

Toronto’s already done everything but send a car to the airport. Probably for good reason, but I was musing last night about just how the Toronto area would react if this doesn’t end up happening. Part of me actually wishes for that, because it’d amuse me to watch a large chunk of the city and Toronto media fight to be first jumping off a cliff. Lemmings HO!

But that got me wondering what might actually keep Burke from going to Toronto — what could possibly cause him to go elsewhere?

So imagine this, if you will…. Bob Gainey phones up Brian Burke and says “I’m ready to retire, and we want you to take over the Canadiens”

Now wouldn’t THAT be a nightmare scenario for the Leafs? Because if you look at what interests Burke, it has a lot of attractiveness: it’s a Canadian original six team, long history and tradition, AND unlike Toronto, it doesn’t have that Toronto ownership “challenge” and it isn’t a team massively in need of an overhaul. And it’d allow Burke to tell reporters to piss off in multiple languages…

Now wouldn’t that just be more fun than spit if it were to happen…

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