SmoggyTwinkles
Go Leafs Go
Burke gave Boston far too much for Kessel IMHO. He should have stuck with a 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd!
That 1st round pick, that turned out to be the 2nd pick overall, just proves his talent evaluation skills was pure garbage at that time!
I'm still disgusted with losing those 2 1st round picks for Kessel!
Now, if Kessel had been able to turn us into a contender, and, those picks turned out to be lower range, say 20-25ish, then I'd have been happy with Burke! But, come on, 2 top 10 picks for Kessel was outrageous IMHO.
Hindsight
I agree with both of you.
Al14 because I remember sitting in my car listening to the radio when the deal broke and absolutely despising myself for choosing to be a Leafs fan.
and TheCLAM because there's no way the Leafs were gonna be THAT bad the following season........
Have Burke or the Leafs traded a 1st round pick since? That's the only potentially positive thing you can take from it (and the fact that Kessel is a pretty good player at least, and what is his value if traded? for example)