Brendan Shanahan is getting some reinforcements.The NHL on Thursday announced that Hall of Famer Brian Leetch and ex-Philadelphia Flyers scout Patrick Burke are joining Shanahan's department of player safety. Leetch is replacing Rob Blake, who's now an a sistant general manager with the Carl Yastrzemski Jersey Los Angeles Kings, as manager of player safety. Burke is taking the newly-created director position.Shanahan remains in charge of the group, which is responsible for suspending and fining players for in-game rule violations David Price Jersey -- which is good, ."Brian Leetch and Patrick Burke are two astute members of the hockey community who will bring unique perspectives and personal experiences to the Department of Player Safety," Shanahan said in a PR J. D. Martinez Jersey release. "As one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history, Brian displayed a rare sense of the game and its nuances that will be a tremendous a set to our department's efforts to make the game safer for our players while maintaining its physicality and pa sion. The ability to evaluate players that Patrick refined as a pro and amateur scout will be invaluable to the team that monitors games each night to both identify incidents that might merit Supplemental Discipline and to note developing trends in our game."Burke's father, Brian, is a longtime league executive who's currently a scout with the Anaheim Ducks. Earlier Mitch Moreland Jersey this week, Patrick Burke stepped , a group dedicated to combating homophobia in sports and league partner. Wade Davis, an openly gay former NFL player, replaced him as the face of the organization.So, as far as difficult jobs go, six in one, half-dozen in the other. Hopefully Brock Holt Jersey he's as succe sful with the DOS as he was with YCP ... and stops checking his Twitter replies.