Burke sends Orr to the minors, bemoans the lack of fighting in the NHL
Posted January 5, 2012 12:58 pm.
This article is more than 5 years old.
Brian Burke is concerned about the direction the NHL is heading.
On a day the Toronto Maple Leafs general manager sent enforcer Colton Orr to the American Hockey League, he bemoaned the fact there doesn’t appear room for such players in today’s game.
Burke says he fears “the rats” are taking over the sport.
League disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan has been busy handling suspensions over the last week and Burke believes it’s largely a result of a lack of on-ice accountability.
He says fighting once fit that role.
The Leafs GM thinks it’s too soon to speculate whether Orr’s NHL career might be over.