Brian Burke & David Staples (3/6/26)
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He's been a GM multiple times, Brian Burke. Hello, Brian. How are you doing? Hey, Bob, how are you? Good. Now, you have never been a big fan of teams blowing their brains out at the trade deadline, right? You know why? Because I checked. I know the answer to this.
I checked and the league is only awarding one Stanley Cup.
I know. It's, you know, it's hilarious. We have people that sit there and cast aspersions. You know, look, you know, all Connor has a one and Leon has a one. And I'm like, they went to the seventh and sixth game of the Stanley Cup finals and back to back. Oh, Connor is not a winner. He scored in overtime in the four nations. He was the best player, best skater at the Olympics. He just ran into Connor Hellebuck. There is only one team that wins the Stanley Cup, right, Brian?
And there's 32 and counting. There's 32 teams. And the league's going to expand, I'm telling you. It's coming. It shouldn't come, but it's coming. So, great work. was a great player, Hockey Hall of Fame, Stanley Cup winner. Perry Sitton told me before he won the Cup, he said, are you telling me that if Ray Bork hadn't left and gone to Colorado and won a Cup, that he wouldn't be in the Hockey Hall of Fame? He said, that's on me. Me as the GM. I didn't put enough good players around Ray Bork, but Ray never hoisted the Stanley Cup.
And then he got to Colorado and won the cup and it met the world but the Oilers beat the Bruins twice in 88-90 in the Stanley Cup final when Bork was you know he was a 10-year pro 8 and 10-year pro by that point generally regarded as the best defenseman in the league and Paul Coffey in 88-90 had moved on he was no longer with Edmonton Brian Burke for ultrasound so Brian Stan Bowman got ahead of it this week. Multiple teams were in on Connor Murphy. Edmonton gave up a second in 2028, which has about a 20% chance of playing more than 150 games in the NHL. And probably a second-round pick in 2028 couldn't help the Oilers until 32-33. That's right, 2032, 2033. So he gets Connor Murphy half-retained by Chicago for a second-round pick.
Very good defensive defenseman and a good penalty killer.
What did Brian Burke say about teams overhauling at the trade deadline?
The Oilers' PK stinks. Then he gets... He divests himself of Andrew Majapahni, who struggled here. Andrew was a pro. He just had a crappy year. The Oilers get out of the extra year on Andrew Majapahni with the Chicago Blackhawks, give up a conditional number one, get one of the best third-line centers in the NHL, Jason Dickinson, and a prospect, a young forward that Stan Bowman drafted, Colton Dock. The Oilers... Come into tonight's game, Brian, I'm going to read you the numbers. Edmonton comes into the game tonight 26th in penalty killing, 25th in goals against. Okay? They're not going anywhere unless they can shave that down a bit. What do you think of the additions of Dickinson, a third-line center, and Murphy, a second-pairing right-shot defenseman who are part of the best penalty-killing unit in the NHL in Chicago?
What do you think of the additions of those two guys?
I'll leave Doc out of it because it's too early to say whether he'll have an impact or not. But the other two, I had Connor Murphy play for me in the World Championships for Team USA. What a great kid. What an effective penalty killer, shot blocker, physical presence, great kid. And same with the other guy.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:06
2
What did Brian Burke say about teams overhauling at the trade deadline?
3:06–9:34
3
How did Brian Burke evaluate Edmonton's trade for Connor Murphy and Jason Dickinson?
9:34–12:26
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Why did Brian Burke say penalty killing and goals against are urgent issues for the Oilers?
12:26–17:24