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Bates said:Burke said he was not interested in trading the kids just to make the playoffs. He didn't say he didn't want the 8th seed just that he would not trade the future to get it. You guys have blasted him forever for re-tooling vs re-building and when he won't trade the future for the present you still complain.
It's something that's probably better left for the Burke thread but my issue is with Burke speaking as if it's a foregone conclusion that anything predictable will happen in the playoffs as opposed to any specific moves he did or didn't make.
A team that makes the playoffs is taking a run at the Cup. An 8 seed has a slightly tougher run than most but it's not Cujo and the Oilers vs. Roy and the Avalanche anymore.