You were bang on.

“I’ve been a hockey fan for a long, long time.
I’ve never been a Leaf’s fan, and I’m not one now. Never been a Leaf-hater like so many seem to be, just not a fan.
BUT…I’ll be watching with interest how they do this year, mostly because of Brian Burke.
You can say what you want about BB: he’s loud, he’s bombastic, he’s brash, he’s outspoken. All true.
He’s also smart – you don’t get a Harvard law degree by looking in the bottom of a cereal box.
And he knows that in hockey, just like in any other organization from an elementary school to the biggest of corporations, it all starts at the top. That’s where the tone is set, and the bar, too. That’s where the attitude originates too, where the pride starts.
He’s got them thinking in all the right ways.”