The Price of Truculence
bitterleaf.blogspot.com 7/3/2009 — In his recent make-over of the Leafs, Burke picked up three players who combined for 434 penalty minutes last season.To put that total in perspective, the entire Carolina Hurricanes roster put up just 786 PiMs and the Red Wings just 810.The Orr, ...

Brian Burke adds muscle in Colton Orr
tmlfanfury.blogspot.com 7/1/2009 — The Maple Leafs sign their first free agent according to TSN , Brian Burke has stated all along that he would like his team to get tougher and the former Ranger Colton Orr will add the muscle the team lacked last season. The Leafs signed the 27 year old Orr to a 4 year deal at $1 million per ...

Toronto Maple Leafs Trade Pavel Kubina, Tim Stapleton to Atlanta Thrashers for Garnet Exelby, Colin Stuart
pensionplanpuppets.com 7/2/2009 — More photos » by Gregory Smith - AP Exelby's already read Burke's "How To Hurt the senators" manual. Browse more photos »  ...

The Leafs and UFA Season: Day One
bitterleaf.blogspot.com 7/2/2009 — So this is what Brian Burke meant when he said "truculent."On the first day of NHL free agency the Leafs acquired heavyweight RW Colton Orr (4 years/ $1M per) and D Mike Komisarek (5 years/ $4.25M per).The Leafs also traded D Pavel Kubina to Atlanta ...

Orr goes to Leafs
headlinehockey.blogspot.com 7/1/2009 —

If the Red Wings had interest in Colton Orr, it's best that they didn't bite
blog.mlive.com 7/3/2009 — The Toronto Maple Leafs signed 27-year-old enforcer Colton Orr to a 4-year deal at $1 million per season, a rather hefty chunk of change to play a five-to-eight-minutes-a-game player. The Globe and Mail's Tim Wharnsby claims that Brian Burke's Big,...

Hockey | Leafs' Brian Burke: 'We're not done'
thestar.com 7/8/2009 — Paul Hunter Sports Reporter Moments after the Maple Leafs announced they'd signed free agent blueliner François Beauchemin on Monday, an email landed in Brian Burke's inbox."We got our first serious trade offer – not for (Tomas) Kaberle, for a lesser ...

Ex-Rangers enforcer Orr signs with Maple Leafs
msn.foxsports.com 7/1/2009 — The Toronto Maple Leafs are bringing some much needed muscle into their lineup with the signing of former New York Rangers enforcer Colton Orr. The Maple Leafs and Orr agreed to terms on a four-year deal Wednesday shortly after the NHL's free-agent ...

Don't Push The Red Button....(TOO LATE!)
thehockeyprogram.net 7/5/2009 — Yes it is the HISTORY ERASER button! Good afternoon and welcome to Masterpiece Theater! Just kidding. There are times where you just wish your team could push the history eraser button like Ren And Stimpy. Wham! You could go back and actually change the course of your team's history ...

Burke’s not done, expect more moves
crashthecrease.com 7/8/2009 — “We got our first serious trade offer – not for (Tomas) Kaberle, for a lesser defenceman,” said the Maple Leafs general manager. “But that’s the next thing, to see if we can parlay a defenceman into a forward.” After a frenetic week of bulking up – Toronto has ...

Leafs sign former Rangers enforcer Orr (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NHL News 7/1/2009
The Toronto Maple Leafs are bringing some much needed muscle into their lineup with the signing of former New York Rangers enforcer Colton Orr. The Maple Leafs and Orr agreed to terms on a four-year deal Wednesday shortly after the NHL's free-agent ...

Leafs Sign Enforcer Colton Orr — Bleacher Report - NHL 7/1/2009
Brian Burke made his first move of the day by signing Colton Orr to a four-year deal worth $4 million dollars, which will see the the rugged forward making $1 million per season. Burke said that one of the main issues that he was going to address ...

Tough guy Colton Orr signs four-year deal with Maple Leafs — NHL.com News in English 7/1/2009
TORONTO - Brian Burke has his tough guy. The Toronto Maple Leafs GM has signed free-agent fighter Colton Orr to a four-year contract. Burke has repeatedly stated his intent to see the Maple Leafs become a tougher team since taking t...

Thrashers acquire D Kubina from Leafs (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NHL News 7/2/2009
The Atlanta Thrashers found help for their porous defense, acquiring defenseman Pavel Kubina from Toronto in a four-player trade Wednesday night. The Thrashers traded defenseman Garnet Exelby and forward Colin Stuart to the Maple Leafs for ...

Komisarek, Exelby, and Orr Signings Help Maple Leafs Get Tougher — Bleacher Report - NHL 7/2/2009
There is still over three months to go before the 2009-2010 NHL season gets underway, and there are many variables yet to be determined.  There is, however, one thing we are quite sure of. The Toronto Maple Leafs will be far nastier and meaner ...