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Ducks general manager Brian Burke has asked the NHL to investigate whether Edmonton Oilers GM Kevin Lowe's comments last Friday about Ducks forward Corey Perry constituted tampering. Burke said he raised the issue with commissioner Gary Bettman on Monday, when Bettman ordered Burke and Lowe to end their public feud, then followed up his request with a letter. In a lengthy interview with Edmonton radio station CFRN (1260-AM) last Friday, Lowe said, "Corey Perry is a hell of a player. What I really want to say about (Burke's) bickering about parity and the salary cap is, if you're unhappy about them, then trade him (Perry) our way, we'll be glad to have him." In the interview, Lowe also criticized the Ducks' signing of Scott Niedermayer in 2005. In response, Burke said he asked the NHL to investigate whether the Ducks engaged in any misconduct to acquire Niedermayer. NHL spokesman Frank Brown declined to comment on either investigation Thursday. But, he said, if tampering is found to have taken place, "there are a variety of possible penalties, including fines and possible loss of draft choices."

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July 11, 2008  08:19 AM ET

Maybe while they're at it, the NHL can investigate the tampering between the Maple Leafs and Burke.

July 11, 2008  08:48 AM ET

Could these two be any more childish?? Good God, if the statement "trade him our way" is tampering, I'm going to be Sidney Crosby's linemate this year!! Grow up you two and, to quote the Shawshank Redemption, "Stop wasting my damn time!"

July 11, 2008  08:58 AM ET

On this epidose of As the NHL Turns...

July 11, 2008  09:25 AM ET

Lowe and Burke are embarassing their peers and the league. Who really cares if two GMs hate each other? Irrelevant. Next, why don't they write a piece on the popcorn vendors in Anaheim spouting off about ticket- takers in Edmonton.

July 11, 2008  09:44 AM ET

Good one Durk

July 11, 2008  09:59 AM ET

"On this epidose of As the NHL Turns..."

Nice.

I was going to write something like: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111

But that'll do

July 11, 2008  10:01 AM ET

"Lowe and Burke are embarassing their peers ...."
joec | 07/11/08, 09:25 AM


Lowe and Burke, joec?

While Burke's been running at the mouth for a whole year, Lowe said nothing, and neither did the most hated midget and his dwarfs.

When Lowe finally's had enough and makes one statement to put that pompus arse in his place, suddenly Buttman and his dwarfs are concerned about the NHL's image being damaged!

Where was he (and Campbell and Daily) for a whole year? Better yet! Will the Buttman do anything at all about Cryin' Burke's latest outburst? He threatened to fine the violator! That'd be Burke! Will he? I won't hold my breath! That's his Ivy League buddy!

But you can beat both your kidneys that if Lowe so much as sneeses, look out! They'll be all over him!

July 11, 2008  10:27 AM ET

Tampering.....really? Looks like Burke is running out of bad things to say about Lowe so he's started grasping at straws. I really hope he stays in Anaheim and doesn't get hired as GM in Toronto.

July 11, 2008  10:38 AM ET

From Sportsnet:
"There is no question in our mind or defiance about the league's authority here," Burke said in the statement first read to Ducks beat writers on a conference call and then posted on the NHL club's website. "We accept their authority to stop this and we intend to stop it."

"But in our own damn good time and only when I've had the last word" ...... BB

Okay I made that last line up, but he might just as well have said it.

Follow through with your threat and fine this man, Bettman, or lose any shred of credibility you have. Oh no, wait, you don't have any. Not with the fans, and not with Burke either, evidently.

July 11, 2008  10:50 AM ET

SO now with Burke leveling what is a serious charge, is Commissioner Mini Me going to step into this one too? Oh wait...it's Burke

BETTMAN S***S

July 11, 2008  10:55 AM ET

I'm just waiting for Lowe to say "No comment" and have Mini-me try to hit him with a fine. Mini-me won't fine Burke and as a result will continue to prove that he has no idea what he's doing.

July 11, 2008  11:02 AM ET

I'm just waiting for Lowe to say "No comment" and have Mini-me try to hit him with a fine. Mini-me won't fine Burke and as a result will continue to prove that he has no idea what he's doing.

MaplePenguin
But if lowe said the same things abiout Burke!!!!

BETTMAN S***S

July 11, 2008  11:09 AM ET

Spiny...I wouldn't put it past mini-me to be hoping that Lowe fires back. After all Lowe had the audacity to bad mouth one of Mini-Me's precious Hockey in Non-Traditional Hockey market teams! It's the line about Anaheim being a pathetic hockey market that set Mini-me into motion.

July 11, 2008  11:14 AM ET

Latest rumour has the Detroit Lions hiring Burke to replace Millen.

July 11, 2008  11:20 AM ET

Maybe Lowe and Burke can go on TV and settle this the old-fashioned way... "Your Momma" jokes.

July 11, 2008  11:30 AM ET

Maybe the good old duel from Star Trek---Duh da da da da da da dun ta da da!!

July 11, 2008  11:39 AM ET

GROW UP NHL. Serioulsy do you wonder why your a beer league, why bowling gets more viewship? Enough is enough. Bettman do your job and end these childish squabbles like you should of done a year ago. Do you think this stuff would fly in the NFL or maybe this is your master plan Bettman? Lets have our GM's argue like children on radio and then people in the US will love our game. How do you still have a job Bettman? You have got to be the wost exec in the world.

July 11, 2008  11:39 AM ET

Enough....................

July 11, 2008  11:40 AM ET

rhmf93.....Cage Match. And be done with it.....

 
July 11, 2008  11:43 AM ET

rhmf93.....Cage Match. And be done with it.....
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