In the private dining room of the La Chaumiere restaurant downtown, King convinced him otherwise and Burke became the “grey hair in the room.” The two developed a special bond. He initially wanted to say no, indicating his wishes to become a general manager again and build a team from the ground up. Photo by Darren Makowichuk / Darren Makowichuk/Calgary Sun/ Qīurke began his time in Calgary ahead of the 2013-14 campaign, when former president Ken King called him about six months after he was fired by the Leafs. “I woke up and called my lawyer in Vancouver and said, ‘Not today… let’s sue ‘em all.’” Brian Burke and Brad Treliving during the 12th Annual Eric Francis Pizza Pigout in Calgary, Alta. “It was unfair to her, it was unfair to her husband (Kevin Barker) and it was unfair to me,” he said. The book discusses his special relationship with Pat Quinn who had a law school degree (like Burke), strong morals, was a good listener and “had a great gift for making people feel important.” He also assigned Burke to deal with the media in Vancouver for the first time he was a public face for a hockey team - and was the beginning of his, at times, combative relationship with some media members. Or, as Burke says in his memoir, “He needed somebody to punch him right in the face.”
It didn’t help matters that Hull was, ahem, on the chunky side (Burke, at one point, says to Hull, “You’re f*****g fat, Brett”) and needed a swift kick in the rear end. He recounts Hull’s rookie year playing for Terry Crisp, then coaching the Flames’ AHL farm team in Moncton, which “wasn’t a great fit” from the beginning. Article contentīurke had some Flames connections even back then, representing Flames alumnus Joel Otto, who is widely regarded as one of the best college free agent signings, and Brett Hull who was drafted 117th overall in 1984.
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