General Managers all over the league have been outspoken with their steadfast disapproval of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainments’ lack of professional etiquette and disrespectful conduct. Most prominently this furor is directed at the ‘debacle’ (to quote Leafs’ Coach Paul Maurice) characterized by the effectively labeled Lame Duck GM John Ferguson Jr., who thanks to MLSE’s procedural malfeasance is presently handcuffed to the radiator staring at the Trade Hotlines off in the distance.

According to hardliner, and fellow GM Brian Burke, JFJ doesn’t have a leg to stand on when he reaches out in the trade market. Burke draws from his experience as a lame Duck in Vancouver when he alludes to the near impossibility of making a deal considered equitable on both sides.  Continue Reading here

Cheers. — Derek from Cloud9 Sports.