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  1. Burr is starting to look and play like Ryan Smith of Oilers fame did in his last 2 years there -- similar drop off in production, slight narrowing of role. Had one bad year and then a second almost as bad year. Called 'er quits. About the same age, maybe one year less than where Smith was in 2012. The Oilers appear to have let him play himself to the point of realizing he couldn't do it anymore. Got a big send off. Is this how Burr is going to end here? Is Burr at the level of Smith in team history/value? Smyth I believe retired in the city, is regarded highly... sounds nice. But can the team afford to carry a player in the last year or two of a career? (Other than the Sedins/Linden.) Smith was scratched a few times in his last season, and looked frustrated. Is Burr almost at this point? Or will it be next January/February?
  2. I believe that Higgins's hands went first, started last year. Legs slowed as well this year. Burr: both hands and legs, but began with his hands 2 yrs back. Ankle injuries are bad, though.
  3. If you look at the number of chances he generates for other players, he's not doing it anymore. If you look at what he does with the chances others give him, he is only a tiny bit better. What is it they say? The hands go first? In Higgins case it has been the hands going, Burr's decline is a mix of things, but the hands are part of it. Alf has got me on board the revitalization train.
  4. You're on to something here. Just who does get dealt or delayed in order to keep Burr? I hadn't realized how many players we have on contract/knocking at the door. Burr is pretty much redundant right now... imagine next year with a free agent signing and Gaunce or Shink making the move up to the NHL. And you didn't even add in Etem! At 4.5 million Burr is not a good guy to have in Utica or playing limited minutes. He doesn't seem to get chances anymore or create the turnovers/forecheck he was famous for. He does however still get paid like he still does these things. Buyout seems more and more reasonable, or some version of that. Higgins is the benchmark. I thought Burr was special -- good leadership, but looking at your list is sobering.
  5. I'd forgotten about the biting... lol. Grrr. Bieksa was loved and admired -- and he was good with the fans and the media -- the latter has more value than we want to admit sometimes. (It matters when it comes to choosing coaches and GMs!) He will be missed for years. One bad playoff and a bit of rattling by Ferland and someone (maybe Bieksa?) thought a trade was in order. A better team wanted him: hint to better self: this is a sign of a thing's real value!
  6. Team history and culture are not separable. Fourth liners with character are actually a dime a dozen, and not enough -- e.g., look at Prust and so many others that have come in on that assumption/hope. Even Dorsett isn't the same as what Burr has and does offer. Burr was there for the team in the critical 2009-2012 period, he helped make the Sedins who they are. (Not in a big way, but he was the first decent winger they ever had, remember Klatt and Carter? lol.) But you are right about the penalties -- reckless stick in particular -- and at anything more than Dorsett's salary going forward a year or two this has to be adjusted. The same probably holds true for Hamhuis, maybe, and Edler, less certainly. It is more about history, and who you keep, rather than bringing in veteran leadership -- the latter never seems to work. Interesting challenge for mgt though: I'd rather we'd kept Bieksa than either Edler or Burr -- assuming that that choice had to be made.
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