I have long since known Brian Burke is aggressive and can let his mouth get him into trouble, but lately it's been ridiculous. After typing up the Steve Montador article , I get no rest after seeing an eye-catching headline on the Orange County Register's Ducks page.
Anaheim GM Brian Burke announced today the Ducks would file formal charges with the NHL against the Edmonton Oilers for tampering after Kevin Lowe's comments regarding Corey Perry.
“Corey Perry is a hell of a player,” Lowe said, during an interview last Friday with Edmonton’s Team 1260 radio. “What I really want to say about his [Burke’s] bickering about parity and the salary cap is if you’re unhappy about them, then trade him [Perry] our way. We’ll be glad to have him.”
The O.C. Register reports that in an e-mail conversation, NHL deputy commissioner, Bill Daley, said the league “would need to receive a formal charge with supporting rationale” before launching any tampering investigation.
Burke confirmed that he would submit a formal request either late Friday or on Monday.
As reported earlier, Burke had asked the NHL to look into comments made by Lowe regarding Corey Perry and Scott Niedermayer.
The O.C. Register also reported regarding the Niedermayer situation that Daley doesn't "anticipate having to look into the circumstances surrounding the Niedermayer signing.”
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Original Source: Wood, Dan. "Ducks to formally charge Oilers with tampering." O.C. Register 11 Jul 2008 11 Jul 2008
Ken Armer is a Senior Ducks Writer and a Community Leader for the NHL and Anaheim Ducks. You can contact him on his profile of via e-mail at karmer@bleacherreport.com
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2 months ago
This is getting really interesting. Think Burke is stretching here a bit. Maybe not appropriate of Lowe to say what he did but I don't think it's tampering.
from 2 months ago
I think Burkie is flexing his muscles. I agree the tampering thing is a little much, but who knows. Either way Lowe should have known better than to give Burke a loaded gun like that.
2 months ago
look at my video/song to see what i have to say to this, namely, SHUT UP ALREADY
from 2 months ago
Dont kill the messanger Alan, lol.
2 months ago
Agreed...when will Burke shut his freakin' mouth!
2 months ago
LMAO tampering? Nice try Burke but I think you might just be a little steamed at what Lowe said and now you can't say anything back. :)
2 months ago
Does anyone know the story of how they got Neidermayer? Was there something shabby about it? I remember him signing with Anaheim, but I don't recall there ever being any mention of being wrong in some way. Anyone know?
Lowe is still mad because Burke fleeced him in the deal for Pronger ;)..lol
Both of them need to shut up. The tampering is a little much. I first heard it yesterday morning driving to Toronto listening to XM's Hockey This Morning and I was a little shocked to hear it. Although this is Brian Burke were talking about.
Like they said on the show, the people I feel sorry for are the players involved. Not so much Neidermayer, whatever he can handle it.
But Bobby Ryan was thrown under the bus by Lowe, Corey Perry is getting thrown into the middle of this, and all these young guys on Edmonton have to likely deal with questions about the feud between the two of them.
from 2 months ago
i looked up stuff up and to my knowledge there is nothing fishy there. There was a rumor that Rob did some pitching for Scott to come. But I don't know what Lowe was getting at with the comments regarding Niedermayer.
2 months ago
Can't wait for Burke to end up in Toronto, where he belongs
2 months ago
Where has Edmonton gone in the last 2 years? Sounds like Lowe needs something to stir up interest in Oiler hockey outside Edmonton.
from 2 months ago
You can tell me soon enough...Anaheim is on their way there.
All in all, Lowe responded quite well to the Pronger situation, which was devastating and no fault of the Oilers. Burke definitely got the better of Lowe on the Pronger deal, but he had to be moved and Lowe was not dealing from a position of strength. I credit Burke for putting together a Cup winning team in a short time but he definitely had some luck in assembling that team (no other team had Scott Niedermayer's brother to dangle as bait and Pronger's availability was fortuitous). And for all the good Burke did in putting that team together, he's made some horrible decisions since. Giving Scott Niedermayer too much space regarding his retirement, signing Bertuzzi at the expense of Penner, trading McDonald away for essentially nothing, letting Bryzgalov go for absolutely nothing.
As for interest in Oiler hockey outside of Edmonton, it is quite strong. The Oilers are one of the most recognizable brands in hockey, not to mention all of sport. How about Anaheim? Quack quack.
2 months ago
Can the Ducks rent Derek Boogaard for the Oilers/Ducks games?
from 2 months ago
Can't wait til the Oilers play the Ducks this year. Should be good.
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