Carter and Nash on the block, it appears the Blue Jackets are leaning toward a complete rebuilding project. So they would likely be pleased to get Carter's more than $5 million cap hit off the books to start fresh. For Toronto, that means the cost in...

"He said he felt about 95 or 96 per cent," Wilson said. "He’s improving rapidly so he’s a go for tomorrow." GRILLING THE GOALIE: Do the Leafs have good enough goaltending to make the playoffs this season? That is a question GM Brian Burke must be...

The meeting between the Leafs GM and Columbus’s boss Scott Howson was supposedly by happenstance, since Burke had a scheduled meeting in NYC with HBO on Sunday, presumably having to do with next January’s Winter Classic and their 24/7 series, but maybe...

Blue Jackets are and Howson has the two biggest names reported to be on the market in captain Rick Nash and Jeff Carter. Howson has been proactive, traveling to the east coast to meet with fellow GMs about prospective deals. He has reportedly met with...

However, Grabovski is an unrestricted free agent on July 1 and there is no guarantee the Leafs will sign him. There is a chance he will be dealt, but only if the Leafs can find a better center. Otherwise, he's staying in Toronto. In the past, Brian...

AM ET 02.20 | Yes, they met, but a meeting is just a meeting. General manager Brian Burke cooled down some trade speculation regarding Rick Nash on Sunday, clarifying a report that said he was in New York to talk with Columbus Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson.

Leafs general manager Brian Burke travelled to New York to sit down with Columbus GM Scott Howson, but the "unscheduled meeting" was not to talk about a possible trade for Blue Jackets star forward Rick Nash. "I was there on other business," Burke told...

Howson was in Philadelphia on Saturday to meet with Flyers senior management. Yesterday morning, Howson met at his Manhattan hotel with Toronto GM Brian Burke. Los Angeles, Boston and Vancouver have been solicited for offers. Rangers GM Glen Sather,...

Wilson must find the scoring slumps of most of his forwards tough to watch. Among those in a funk are (from left) Mike Brown, Nikolai Kulemin and Mikhail Grabovski. (Reuters) The hockey world was buzzing over the news that Brian Burke bumped into...

On Saturday, it was a summit with the Flyers’ Paul Holmgren and if reports out of Philly are to be believed, his team vaulted into major player status. On Sunday, there were multiple reports that Leafs’ general manager Brian Burke caught up with Howson...

”No comment on any … potential deals,” Burke said in a terse e-mail message. The excitement was all about Blue Jackets winger Rick Nash, the top prize as the NHL trade deadline nears, but chances are Burke and Jackets GM Scott Howson spent just as much...

The only team the Leafs have managed to overcome of late is the second-worst squad in the league, the Edmonton Oilers, and it took overtime to do it. Even Rick Nash might not be enough to save the Leafs’ faltering season. Brian Burke, Leafs president...

This is because Maple Leafs President and General Manager Brian Burke met with Columbus Blue Jackets’ General Manager Scott Howson. Sportsnet has confirm that the, “Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke met with Columbus Blue Jackets general...

Cup. And Saturday's debacle at Rogers Arena in Vancouver -- not to mention two games in Alberta that showed Toronto to be equal to a 10th to 12th place team out West -- made it mighty clear how far the Maple Leafs are from a Cup. This team's strengths...

BUYERS NEW YORK RANGERS: The Eastern Conference is theirs. Would be just like them to make a big move and screw up their chemistry. TORONTO: The pressure is on GM Brian Burke to make that trade to get the Leafs into the playoffs for the first time...

Sportsnet (via ProHockeyTalk) is now reporting that Howson had a meeting with Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke on Sunday morning. Sportsnet previously reported that the Leafs were "on a short list provided by Rick Nash to the Blue Jackets of teams that he...

It is also speculated that the Toronto Maple Leafs may be on that list as well. Those speculations have heated up today. The Columbus Blue Jackets are in New York today to face off against the Rangers at 8 p.m. ET. So, why would Burke travel to New...

How does this hurt their teams? Gillis and Lamoriello are two of the more successful executives in this league. Talking doesn’t hurt them one bit. As Stu Cowan pointed out last week, Brian Burke is the polar opposite of Gauthier in every way, and yet...

"Unscheduled meeting, I was there on other business," he told TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun on ESPN.com on Sunday afternoon. Burke made the trip to New York after the Leafs' 6-2 loss in Vancouver on Saturday. Howson's Blue Jackets are in New York to...