Anaheim GM calls Edmonton "gutless"

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Ducks GM Burke calls Edmonton offer to Penner 'gutless'
By BETH HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Irate Anaheim Ducks general manager Brian Burke on Friday called Edmonton's offer sheet to forward Dustin Penner "gutless."
Burke had especially harsh words for Oilers GM Kevin Lowe, saying, "Edmonton has offered a mostly inflated salary for a player, and I think it's an act of desperation for a general manager who is fighting to keep his job."
The Oilers signed Penner to a five-year, $21.25 million offer sheet on Thursday. Burke said he wasn't upset that there was an offer sheet, but rather he was irked at the amount of money involved. Penner will go from earning a league minimum $450,000 to $4.25 million a year.

[Mitchy moo]

reasonable raise, :help!:

[LABillsFan]

Great so now Buffalo and Anaheim both want a piece of Edmonton's RFA's to come. A new kind of bidding war?

[SkateZilla]

WTF, is Edmonton trying to give everyone a raise?

Do I For'see a "Edmonton Offers Peters 5 Years $5"

[JD]

Cant wait for the next lockout, sweet.

[Ebenezer]

WTF, is Edmonton trying to give everyone a raise?

Do I For'see a "Edmonton Offers Peters 5 Years $5"
They could really do themselves well by bidding up every free agent out there and make the offers be matched by the current team...then next year they could shop at discount prices.

[SabreEleven]

Now when Edmonton is looking for a trade or two, they would be hard pressed to find a partner.