Apparently there are some rumors floating around that Pat Burns is dead.

TSN has a pretty hilarious story that says he is not.

On a phone call the not-so-dead former coach said:

Burns phoned TSN on Friday.

“Here we go again,” said the three-time NHL coach of the year. “They’re trying to kill me before I’m dead. I come to Quebec to spend some time with my family and they say I’m dead. I’m not dead, far (expletive) from it. They’ve had me dead since June. Tell them I’m alive. Set them straight.”

Full story: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=334088

We assume the “(expletive)” was an f-bomb, all class that Burns.