Flames respond after controversial comments from Brian Burke today.

Calgary Flames president Brian Burke made some major headlines today when he made some bold statements, some would call them threats, about the future of the Calgary Flames and potential relocation.

Despite Burke's bold statements, it seems like the higher ups within the Calgary Flames organization disagree with the statements made by Burke, and in fact they have released an official statement via the team's official website.

From Ken King, CSEC President & CEO:

"Brian Burke runs Hockey Operations for the Calgary Flames and he and many Calgarians have strong views about this topic. However, he is not our spokesperson regarding a new events centre for our city. We remain committed to our dialogue with the City and very optimistic we will get to a positive conclusion. We admire everyone's enthusiasm on this subject."

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The mere fact that this statement is being issued would indicate strong disagreement with Burke's comments, and it's clear the Flames are attempting to distance themselves. 

While we may be reading to much into this, it also sounds like a very public request for Brian Burke to pipe down on this topic.