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    Burrows? Do We Really Need Him?

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    isnt he close to league minimum?

    wait nevermind, our team has 10m free cap space, so that arguement doesnt cut it...

    i don't know.. burr has lots of NHL experience now.. i'll list the good and the bad

    good

    always tries

    tries to hit every shift

    uses his speed

    some nice passes in pre-season so far

    good in a shut-down role

    bad

    falls all over the ice, terrible balance

    it seems besides breakaways he has hands of stone

    another small forward in a tough division (but i think he's proven himself against tough opponents already)

    won't win any fights (and might pull a cooke-turtle too)

    so... i don't know. burrows doesnt win you a cup, anyone who thinks that is retarded... but truth be told.. i think if kesler-hansen is a scoring line now, and our 4th is shut-down... maybe burrows SHOULD be on the 4th line (or scratched for a fighter) and have one of our young guys with HANDS stuck with kesler-hansen... burrows is definitly the least-skilled guy on that line now.. imagine what they could do with a true power forward making space for them?

    I more or less agree with your assessment. For once the rose coloured glasses are off :)

    But two points:

    1) Guys like Burrows DO win you Cups. They're all part of the whole. You need the skill in front of you, but without a solid checking line, you're done. Think Craig MacTavish - similar +/- numbers, a few more points, a damn fine checker and 4 rings to his name. The problem is, Burrows in particular won't win you a cup - just guys like Burrows.

    2) haha WTF is up with his hands? The guy suddenly turns into Alex Ovechkin on a shorthanded breakaway, but can't stuff away an easy pass into a gaping net the rest of the year?

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    Burrows? Do We Really Need Him?

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    Posted · Edited by neksys

    While I agree with you that Burrows is an awesome third liner and great value at his current price, I have to disagree with you and everyone else that somehow PIM are a positive statistic. Any idiot can take a penalty. It's crazy the fantasy leagues and people who think someone is "playing hard" because they commit a penalty. Only in hockey is this true. In football you have hell to pay if you take penalties. Is it awesome to foul out in basketball? If committing a penalty is so awesome why does everyone like to be on the power play? I know this sounds elementary, but everyone needs to wake up. If I walked up to someone and punched them can I explain to the judge that I was "playing life harder." Use your own mind, people.

    I agree in general. Its a junk stat.

    However, PIM becomes relevant stat when there are like, 200+ of them. Even the hook-iest, board-iest, interference-iest players in the league would be hard pressed to get 100 penalties, 2 minutes at a time. But when you've got a whole whack of 5 for fightings thrown in there, it adds up. If you see a player with 200 PIM and 30 points, you know at a glance he drops the mitts and puts a few away as well.

    *shrug*

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