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Article: Risebrough, Burke make nice: GMs get past postseason bickering.
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- Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
- Article date:
- June 24, 2007
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Byline: John Shipley
Jun. 24--COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Doug Risebrough and Brian Burke weren't patting each other on the back after Burke's Anaheim Ducks ran over Risebrough's Minnesota Wild in the first round of the playoffs.
That, apparently, has all blown over.
When it came time for the Wild to pull the trigger on a draft-day trade Friday night, the Ducks obliged.
"We took care of that two weeks after it happened," Burke said Saturday of the postseason bad blood. "I dropped him a note, and we talked."
The Wild and Ducks swapped first-round picks, and Anaheim got Minnesota's second-round selection, so the Wild could move up to ...