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Burke paying it forward as Smith's mentor  By Kevin
Woodley - NHL.com Correspondent  Sean Burke resurrected his
career by changing his game in the Phoenix desert.  More than a
decade later, he's paying it forward with Mike Smith.  The
common denominator is the system of Benoit Allaire, the Phoenix
Coyotes' goaltending coach when a struggling Burke was traded to
Phoenix early in the 1999-2000 season. It was the fifth team in
three years for a then 32-year-old Burke, a nomadic path some
thought would end -- as many others do -- in Phoenix with
retirement. Instead, Burke embraced Allaire's philosophy of
playing deeper in the net and attacking plays from the goal line
forward rather than starting aggressive and retreating.  One
season after arriving in Phoenix, Burke was an All-Star again.
The year after, he was a finalist for the Vezina and Hart
Trophies, as well as the Lester B. Pearson Award, which was the
name of the players' MVP at the time.  Sea