Former NHL executive Brian Burke is listed as the heavy favourite to be Don CherryB次元官网网址檚 successor on B次元官网网址淗ockey Night in CanadaB次元官网网址� on one sports betting site.

SportsBettingDime.com has released odds on candidates to replace Cherry after the commentator was sacked by Sportsnet yesterday for a rant about immigrants not wearing poppies on his B次元官网网址淐oachB次元官网网址檚 CornerB次元官网网址� segment on Saturday.

Burke, who currently works as an analyst at Sportsnet, is listed as the 3-2 favourite (must bet $2 to win $3) to appear on CherryB次元官网网址檚 longtime B次元官网网址淐oachB次元官网网址檚 CornerB次元官网网址� segment on Saturday.

Burke is the 5-4 pick to be the full-time replacement next season.

Sportsnet has not said whether it plans to keep the B次元官网网址淐oachB次元官网网址檚 CornerB次元官网网址� segment, which has been a first-intermission staple on HNIC.

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Sportsnet hockey commentators Kelly Hrudey, Colby Armstrong and Craig Simpson are among the other betting favourites for CherryB次元官网网址檚 job.

The site also is taking odds on what Cherry does next, with working for another media organization the favourite.

If he goes into politics, the odds consider CherryB次元官网网址檚 most likely destination to be under Ontario Premier Doug Ford and the Conservative party.

Cherry is listed as a 2,000-1 pick to join the NDP.

The Canadian Press

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