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The Clash once posed the question: Should I stay or should I go now? We take a look at the big names surrounding the NHL trade deadline and whether they'll be staying in place or going to finish the season in another city.

Chris Pronger is the classic case of a player you love when he's on your team, and absolutely hate when he's not. A hulking 6-foot-6, 214-pound mass of humanity, Pronger has been one of the game's best (and most controversial) defenseman for the past decade.

He's won a Stanley Cup with Anaheim and helped lead the Edmonton Oilers to the finals during the 2005-06 season. Currently, the Ducks are in a four-way tie with Minnesota, Dallas and Edmonton for the No. 8 spot in a wide-open Western Conference playoff race.

That sound you're hearing right about ... now, is the Toronto media working itself into a frenzy with the news that Brian Burke, the man they've been longing to take over the Maple Leafs, is now, in theory, a free agent. That's right, the Ducks announced today that Burke is stepping down from his position as General Manager and will be replaced by Bob Murray.

Burke will stay on as a consultant for the rest of the season.

From Bob McKenzie of TSN:

Sources tell TSN Burke will remain in a senior advisory capacity with the Ducks for now but that the final word on any hockey operations decisions in Anaheim will be made by Murray. Sources say Burke will, in this advisory capacity, have the ability to freely negotiate future employment opportunities as a GM in the NHL. That would pave the way for Burke to be hired as president and GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the days, weeks or months ahead, if the Leafs and Burke so desire. And there is strong reason to believe that is precisely what will happen. In any case, it would seem all but certain that Burke will find his way to Toronto as the Leafs' top hockey man.