Report: Burke to Leafs tomorrow.
From http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081127.wsptshoalts27/GSStory/GlobeSportsHockey/home:
Brian Burke has not been issued his official Toronto Maple Leafs cellphone yet, but he is the club's new president and general manager.
A contract agreement was reached yesterday between Toronto lawyer Gord Kirke, who handled the negotiations for the Leafs, and Burke's lawyer, Peter Gall. Burke plans to review and sign the six-year contract today, and the NHL club is planning the big announcement for tomorrow before the Leafs' game against the Philadelphia Flyers.
Burke indicated in an e-mail message that Gall told him a deal was struck by yesterday afternoon. The former Anaheim Ducks GM said he has not "reviewed or signed" the contract, "but it will get done." A Maple Leafs source also indicated an agreement was reached.
Burke has been in Boston all week with his family to celebrate the U.S. Thanksgiving and did not plan to travel to Toronto until today at the earliest.
He said earlier that he expected the contract, which covers the rest of this NHL season and five more at $3-million (U.S.) a year, to be wrapped up by tomorrow at the latest.
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J.P. Hoornstra has been covering the Anaheim Ducks since 2007. Eight months after the University of Wisconsin won its third NCAA hockey championship, he was born in a frigid Madison winter. He betrayed his blue-blooded beginnings by graduating from UCLA in 2003, and welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.
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