Brian Burke Team Quotations

This deal does two things. It gives us some cap room, and it solves what really is almost a crisis right now. We had set aside, as many teams did, a reserve of about a million and a half dollars to deal with injuries. That was inadequate.

A team in the West with 95 or 96 points is going to miss the playoffs. That's amazing.

I'm comfortable, based on my observations and just from talking to a couple of players, that there's no issue for us. Personally, it's a big issue with me. Every charter flight, I go back, see if there's a card game going on, make sure it's not getting silly, talk to the captains about it. It can really split your team if a guy loses a lot of money on a card game.

Those were the types of teams that historically lost players during the free-agent cycle.

My goals for the team are simple: have a consistent winning team on the ice and ensure we become an integral part of the Orange County community,