Brian Burke

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4,224 appearances 42 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2025 last heard 11 Apr

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Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer · NHL Executive legend Brian Burke (2/20/26) · 21 Feb 2026 podcast

I believe in both these guys.

They're both going to start on Sunday.

I think goaltending's going to be fine.

I'll take some credit for that.

I did fight for that.

Mind you, Gary Bettman backed me up on it.

We fought very hard to have NHL referees and linesmen at the Olympics in Nagano.

In fact, we didn't talk for three weeks while we tried to solve that problem.

We had a big fight for three weeks.

We didn't talk.

I said to Gary, I said, Gary, I can't go in there in that room with the players and tell them they're getting some guy from Lithuania or wherever, Poland or somewhere.

I can't do it.

I'm not knocking those referees from those countries, but we need NHL referees.

So the compromise was reached.

was that any game that had, I think, 80% of the players were NHL players had to be officiated by NHL guys.

Now, what's happened since then, officiating standards have improved in the IHF.

The officiating is very good all around.

You're going to have close calls.

You're going to have an enormous review.

The review today was very difficult.

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