Hilarious Questions Burke Would Ask Prospects Ahead Of The Draft | Hey Burkie
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2022
- The NHL Draft Combine is an opportunity for teams as well as the media to see and speak to the future stars of the NHL before they are drafted. In this edition of "Hey Burkie", Brian Burke tells Jeff Marek how he conducts prospect interviews, his favourite draft interview and which player almost fought one of his scouts.
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I like how I've heard both of these stories before from other interviews Burkie has done, and yet this was still entertaining and new. Your animators have a really fun style.
If you say so. Personally I can only hear about poodle vs doberman, Timex vs Rolex, and Nail Yakupov before I'm so bored I'm ready to try and ruin Peter Zezel's life.
I interviewed Brad May when he was in junior and I was in J-school.
Very thoughtful answers. Kind person. So obvious how much his teammates loved and respected him.
I really really wish this was longer, there's nothing on here that people who listen to a lot of Burkie's interviews don't already know. I'm sure he has tons of other draft stories.
Love you guys added the Miller banner - well done as always
Love these so much
Keep them coming!
Love these.
Love these stories
Burkie and Jeffery are always entertaining and the animations make me laugh out loud
I love how Pav and Zak are represented in Burkies draft notes nice touch.
I had to pause it just to make sure.
Brad May- One of the many many classic Buffalo Sabres. A class act and one tough hombre
Interestingly, it was shortly after Pat Quinn was fired from the Canucks that they traded for Brad May in Feb. 1998 (acting GM Mike Keenan dealt Geoff Sanderson to get May). Burke ended up trading May to Phoenix and later traded to reacquire May.
Wondering what the Oilers GM Steve Tambellini thought of Nail Yakupov?
You're assuming he thought.
There’s almost as much intro and credits as actual story.
Burkey is a gem.
I wish they were longer.
May day May Day that 1round pick
"sharpens skates after every shift" is the funniest note on there. Just imagine the logistics of that. Maybe a fourth line player could pull it off.
Have I missed the Salei episode, or is it yet to be released? I'm pretty sure I've watched all of these and he hasn't appeared yet. Unless he's just there for the fighting.
It’s the cards episode
The key to Burke's storytelling...
Is to tell the same few stories over and over again... Til they're polished gems!
It's better to have one or two killer antidotes that brings down the house on every occasion, then dozens of half-baked yawners... People will keep begging to tell that great story to everyone they bring, time and again; as oppose to people having couple words conversations with you and ducking out before you start another one of your long winded drolls...
Yakupov was easily the worst first draft pick I have been alive for maybe one of the worst in history.
Patrik Stefan and Alexander Daigle were pretty bad first overall picks too
Reminds me of people I work with that get too cute with interviews. I’m not looking for someone good at interviews, I’m looking for someone to do a job.
Seeing the Nickleback guy made me shoot cereal out of my mouth.
That kid has bust written all over him... And imagine the road trips with that guy controlling the speakers!
Still a better love story than twilight
Wait Eliotte Friedman owns land in Malta? Where?! I'll go check it out
For tax reasons...
Speaking from here in Buffalo we called him Brad May-not. Constant under-achiever with Hall-of-Fame line mates and his only claim to fame is a couple of decent moves after a Herculean effort pass from Pat LaFontaine on his back and of course RJ's May-Day Call. Happy to have seen him go to Vancouver and 5 other teams.
Yeah Keith tkatchuk for brad may. You are a real genius
You told this one before
"Hillarious?"
uh oh quick break out the dictionary on their asses
Fail Yakoppop slid all the way to the KHL
Little late to the comment section boi
If you know about Burkie, then you already know everything here, word for word. He's told this story many times - Spittin Chiclets, TSN ... I knew Yakupov would be the worst interview but I was expecting Landeskog to be one of his better ones - so much so that they asked Landeskog to stay and help them interview all the other prospects. Still entertaining though. More Burkie please.
The Nail story is hilarious considering how hard he busted.
Nail got hammered
I wouldn't say he was a bust... He has one of the most famous hockey celebrations... What have you done with your life?
“One of our scouts tried to fight a teenager during their prospective job interview”
Why isn’t that scout fired
Because it was against Nail.
And you're always allowed to fail for Nail!
Them da rules!
Nail was 18 at the time so a man
Because it's based
Brian loves German sheperds eh. Why doesn't he draft any?
FIRST!
Why does Burke always sound drunk?
Yes
As if you wouldn’t have drafted Yakupov if he fell to you.
Who knows what would have happened to him if he didn't get sent to the then black hole known as Edmonton
@@thylacine519 it’s easy to put someone on your “do not draft” list when you know you can’t pick him
If you're getting serious red flags on a guy who was expected to get picked early, you could probably get a good trade for your pick if he fell to you. Obviously if the guy is projected that way then you can assume your negative assessment of him is not a common opinion so some other team will probably bite. But then you're going significantly against the grain so how smart are you really? Everyone is wrong on this guy except you? That's a big risk. You'll likely get a good haul for the trade but if that player turns out to be a star you're never going to hear the end of it unless you land a comparable star on whatever later round picks you got in the trade. In this specific example Yakupov was projected as possibly the first pick so if he somehow fell to number 5 I don't think anyone would criticize you for jumping on it even if it didn't work out. If you go with the really obvious pick then the criticism ends up more on the player for not living up to expectations than the organization for screwing up the pick.
Not if Reilly had still been available.
Burke has been honest about this since day 1. People who worked with him at the time have confirmed it. They had Morgan Reilly as their number 1 pick in that draft. If Yakupov fell to 5 that year, they would have traded the pick or drafted someone else. Turns out it was a very weak draft and that his assessment of the top 10 was quite good!
Brian Burke was/is terrible at drafting. So yes, this checks out
This Yakapov story is recycled over and over. Maybe ask him about another player.