Brian Burke's Work: The Road Ahead for the New Leafs Boss

In the Six Million Dollar Man , Steve Austin was the man science would make "better, stronger, faster." The accident that would propel him (no pun intended) as the world's Bionic Man was a catastrophic event that, in the hit TV show, left him near dead where only technology, money, and a miracle or two could save him. Fast forward 30 years from its last episode, and the NHL could be witnessing a real-life analogy to the show. The most anti-climatic news story in the NHL—after the Tampa Bay Lightning's signing of Steve Stamkos—is the report that former Anaheim Ducks GM Brian Burke has signed a six-year, approximately $18 million dollar contract as the new GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Using the Six Million Dollar Man analogy, the accident and subject in question is the Leafs over the last decade. The money is there. The technology, well, let's just refer to that as Burke's vision. And a miracle or two? Perhaps even having Burke as the GM is miracle enough. The former ... (link)