Burke agrees to stay with Ducks through next season

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Brian Burke cleared up his immediate future with the Ducks by agreeing Wednesday to remain as executive vice president and general manager through next season while negotiations continue on a contract extension.

The move by Burke to serve out the final year of his four-year contract was designed to end rumors that he is in line to become the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, who were believed to have him atop their list of candidates.

Burke said his decision, which came after a morning meeting with Ducks Chief Executive Michael Schulman, is about creating stability, adding that there was no discussion of money or term to help solidify his status in Anaheim.

"We agreed the best thing for the Ducks is to end this media speculation and focus on the remaining year on my contract and move forward with the hockey club," Burke said. "This would give us a solid concrete time frame to see if there's a common ground for an extension."

Burke agrees to stay with Ducks through next season - Los Angeles Times

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Of course he wants to stay, his players just laid a turd in the first round. He has no control of his star players, who are doing the "I might retire" dance already. He sucks! And somehow he turns this failure into bidding war and the Ducks wanting to extend his contract? I don't get it.