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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Brian Burke, the hockey executive who acquired Phil Kessel in an audacious trade for the Toronto Maple Leafs six years ago, believes the winger will be on the move at the NHL draft this weekend.

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“Phil Kessel is a joy to have on a team,” he said. “I think he might move today. I think he might get traded today.”

Burke, now the Calgary Flames’ president of hockey operations, was speaking at the Sports Management Worldwide conference on Friday morning in Fort Lauderdale, seated at the head table next to his son Patrick. Both fielded a handful of questions from the floor, including one asking for details on Kessel.