During arbitration, the Canucksâ lawyer delivered a story that would later become public knowledge. âHe says, âMister arbitrator, this is the story of the elephant and the mouse,'â said Burke.
âSo he starts talking about the elephant and the mouse walking in the jungle, and theyâre walking together,â Morrison recalled. âAll of sudden they come upon this raging river and thereâs a bridge across but the ropes are broken. The bridge is washed out. Thereâs no way across the river.â
âAnd the mouse is too scared,â said Burke. âThe mouse, he will not go. So the elephant says to the mouse, âI will take you across my friend,â and he picks up the mouse.â The elephant carried the mouse to the other side.
âAnd then he says, âThis is exactly the same as Morrison, Bertuzzi, and Naslund. Bertuzzi and Naslund are the elephant,'â said Morrison.
ââMister arbitrator, Brendan Morrison is the mouse!'â said Burke. âIt was priceless.â