By not signing the contract extension he's had in his mitts for months, he's made it clear he has little or no intention of signing it without actually saying so to Anaheim fans and the general public.
Meanwhile, by indicating this week that he intends to "make a decision" by Christmas, he's basically told the Ducks that by that date he won't be willing to pretend any more.
He wants out.
The Ducks wouldn't release him as he asked last spring, or at least give him permission to talk to other clubs. But soon that won't be their call any longer.
That, of course, will put the Ducks and team president Michael Schulman in a dicey predicament. When Burke tells them during the holiday season that he won't be agreeing to a new contract – only a major change of circumstances would change that now – Schulman will be left with the problem of having a lame duck GM heading towards the trade deadline and, after that, the draft and free agency.
If the Ducks, even with owner Henry Samueli possibly heading to the big house next summer, are rolling through the Western Conference, that won't be as big a problem.
But what if they're playing the way they are now?
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