Speculation: Darren Dreger says he was accused of tampering by the canucks
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Oliewud
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Pretty hard to not suspect some funny business going on since Burke and Nonis were fired. Burke clearly had a vendetta against the Canucks. He created all sorts of drama openly. Dreger is related to Nonis and he seemed to be a Leafs conduit. It's easy to see why the Canucks might have an issue with him.
Dreger probably loved it. His only insight into the league was a brother in law. He's irrelevant now, as are most of the TSN broadcasters. Unfortunately because we don't see much of the good talent like Mackenzie and Lebrun.
Gillis was a very smart man and a good general manager, but I believe his downfall was he couldn't play nice with others. Naming Luongo Captain, the Luongo contract, Burrows/Auger situation, fined by the league in the Chicago series, etc etc. He burned so many bridges and his interaction with the media was a big part of it.
Gillis was a very smart man and a good general manager, but I believe his downfall was he couldn't play nice with others. Naming Luongo Captain, the Luongo contract, Burrows/Auger situation, fined by the league in the Chicago series, etc etc. He burned so many bridges and his interaction with the media was a big part of it.
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I love that Gillis went for the throat. Anybody that thinks Dreger would be above helping Cousin Dave and Burke swipe the twins away is fooling themselves. He's a credulous moron who's never demonstrated anything even approaching journalistic integrity.
He's getting shuffled to the side as TSN gives Westhead/Seravalli more airtime/responsibility. Will likely soon be out of hockey media or banished to radio permanently.
He's getting shuffled to the side as TSN gives Westhead/Seravalli more airtime/responsibility. Will likely soon be out of hockey media or banished to radio permanently.
Good for Gillis.
The way Nonis leaked literally everything he did directly through Dreger was despicable.
The way Nonis leaked literally everything he did directly through Dreger was despicable.
Still absolutely disgusting. The guy with the biggest vendetta against our team in the NHL advising the NHL on how long to suspend one of our players for.
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Blaming anyone but Gillis for that fiasco is ridiculous. Could have been one of the largest blunders in team history.
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Burke brought over my two favourite Canucks players since Bure and I still hate him more than any single person in the NHL. I wish he would just go away forever.
Hilarious that cap-recapture wouldn't even exist if Lou waived his NTC for Toronto that summer. Can anyone picture Burke implementing a rule that hurts his own team? Yeah, no. He just saves his ridiculous NHL powers for screwing us over.
Hilarious that cap-recapture wouldn't even exist if Lou waived his NTC for Toronto that summer. Can anyone picture Burke implementing a rule that hurts his own team? Yeah, no. He just saves his ridiculous NHL powers for screwing us over.
Dragger is garbage. He sounds like a horoscope when he tries to predict rumours and then claims he has inside information.
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Burks is the single most vindictive person in the NHL for one. He was a jackass even when he was here: "all it takes is one quarter to move this team." Our org fired him and he was very pissed off. He then clearly tampered with the Sedins and got away with it. He was consulted on the Aaron Rome suspension for some reason and threw down the hammer with an unprecedented suspension. He institutes the cap recapture rule AFTER he tries and fails to trade for Luongo.
Even after all this time if you listen to him talk after the Torts v Hartley melt down last year he still very clearly hates us.
That is not much of an argument though. Burke is vindictive because you say so? Because you can tell by the tone of his voice? The thing with the Sedins I have no idea, but that does not have anything to do with being vindictive and trying to score a coup in UFA.
Blaming him for the Rome suspension is just bizarre. It is like he is the boogey man around here.
Because this is journalist Darren Dreger... Leafs' lackey though he may have been, he wasn't an employee of the NHL club. He's a third party.
Eddy Punch Clock
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Burke should have also been dinged about a year or so before when they were doing a behind the scenes feature on the Leafs and he actually revealed on a white board Canuck players that Gillis was willing to trade.
You are right, even if it was the case it would have been difficult to prove. It smells a bit fishy though.
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If Burke acquired Luongo no way in hell he pushes for that. He tried to trade for him like a month before it happened. It's clear as day.
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