Do bear with us, as all the exact details aren’t out yet, as the Leafs press conference will be either tommorow or Saturday. But ladies and gentlemen, Brian Burke is the next GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs. According to the Toronto Sun (which I won’t link to, most of their stuff is more garbage...

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Well, it looks like the Leafs aren’t waiting for good ol’ Bryan Burke to start wheeling and dealing, as current interim GM Cliff Fletcher would say. Causing John Ferguson Jr. to probably slit his wrists and write emo songs for the next few days, the Leafs have given up on young guns Alex...

UPDATE 11:37PM: From the sounds of it, the trade will be Byfuglien and Brent Sopel for Nylander. The Hawks need a #2 Center under Toews, and with Backstrom and Fedorov, the Caps don’t need theirs. Giangreco on ABC chicago mentioned that this is the likely trade and would happen tommorow. We’ll...