theo5789 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Unfortunately for Burrows, this thread may actually be a talking point now. Fortunately for us fans, it came 8 years after this thread started and he's had a great career with the Canucks. Will be tough for him to get another contract with the Canucks after this season, so let's hope for a good year from him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyHatnDart Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 2 minutes ago, Horvats_Big_Head said: You may love Burr but it is time for him to go. He is a great locker room guy to have around but that only gets you so far... Where would you like him to go? Trade? Nobody will touch that contract. Waive to minors? Ridiculously disrespectful, short term and long term to future FA's. No. You play him when you do, sit him otherwise and allow him a honourable exit. That's how franchises earn class. Hey, it ain't like we're gonna win the cup whether he's in the lineup or not, right? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horvats_Big_Head Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 2 minutes ago, ThaShady1 said: Where would you like him to go? Trade? Nobody will touch that contract. Waive to minors? Ridiculously disrespectful, short term and long term to future FA's. No. You play him when you do, sit him otherwise and allow him a honourable exit. That's how franchises earn class. Hey, it ain't like we're gonna win the cup whether he's in the lineup or not, right? He should go to the minors, he is just taking up a roster spot. Etem and Burr were just as useless in preseason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyHatnDart Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 All I can say is I'm sure glad you're not our GM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 He could be a player coach in the minors. He could begin the new phase of his life after playing. He'd be a great motivator for the young guys. Instant credibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyHatnDart Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 20 minutes ago, Hairy Kneel said: He could be a player coach in the minors. He could begin the new phase of his life after playing. He'd be a great motivator for the young guys. Instant credibility. He's still under contract to play. I'm not disagreeing with you, I think he'd make a great coach. But I don't think that's how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggins Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 5 hours ago, Hairy Kneel said: He could be a player coach in the minors. He could begin the new phase of his life after playing. He'd be a great motivator for the young guys. Instant credibility. By all accounts he's been doing that here with the young guys. Even if he's not putting up the points he use to, he's still a solid checker and top pk player. He truly earned this contract being so grossly underpaid on his last deal. He deserves to play out his final year. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 If he goes down to Utica or Alaska he'll still get paid.And be a great player coach like Baumgartner did for us. We have faster options for the pk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Spector Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Has Burrows retired yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt kilgore Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 3 hours ago, Harvey Spector said: Has Burrows retired yet? No Take off the Burka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawndy Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 On 10/12/2016 at 10:00 PM, kingofsurrey said: Why because i see Burrows as a guy that contributed next to nothing to our club last season and single handedly with his poor sportsmanship turned the refs in the league against our club. So, pay him $4 million a year to play in the minors??? YUP, DRUNK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregon.Duck Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lafayettecrossbar Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Keep him! For these reasons: 1. He'll provide intangibles; leadership, camaraderie, experience. These things are very important throughout the course of an 82 game season. Having as many young guys on the team as we do, he's someone they can look up to, someone who has come from the bottom, made it to the Show, and has been successful here. The Sedins are excellent leaders no doubt (you won't hear me say anything bad about them so don't jump to conclusions) but Burr is perhaps more relatable to the young guys. A French-Canadian guy who loves ball hockey. What's not to like? 2. It would be a classless thing to dump him now. After all he's done for the franchise, coming up through the minors, doing anything he could to make the team then making himself invaluable to the team, what more can you ask a hockey player to do? He signed arguably the best value contract in the entire NHL for 2M per season during his best years while putting up 50 points on the top line (plus PP & PK). As has been said, treating players properly is how a franchise earns its respect. And to a lesser degree... I wouldn't be surprised if he stays within the organization after retirement in some capacity similar to Manny Malhotra. Hard to do that if he's traded/waived/sent down. Although, it's not impossible (see: Trevor Linden). And he's scored some immensely valuable goals for us! 2009 SH breakaway goal on Cam Ward to stop the massive losing streak... 2009 playoffs, game 4 in OT on Chris Mason to sweep the Blues... 2011 playoffs, game 7 in OT on Corey Crawford to eliminate Chicago (he also scored our 1st goal of that game)... 2011 playoffs, game 2 in OT on Tim Thomas to which put us up 2-0 at the time... Let him play out this year, exit gracefully, and get a new contract elsewhere or transition into his next phase! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Avery Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 This topic is gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butters Stoch Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 There's only one year left on the contract, I'd rather just see him play it out and retire on his own. Unless there's a miracle and we play like contenders this season, then sure, get rid of him to make room for a better player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammerculture Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Omg is this thing still alive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck_forever Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I wonder what Alex would think if he came across a 455 page, 8 year long thread discussing whether or not we need him lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kloubek Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 I think that there are likely players in utica that would make more of an impact than Burrows seems to be having. But as a poster above me says, why not just let him play out his last year and end his career with dignity. He bleeds our colours, and deserves to go out accordingly. Maybe due to the fact we stuck by him, he would return the favour and enter some sort of coaching capacity for us. Not sure what that would be.... Perhaps training/effort coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 5Fivehole0 Posted October 22, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2016 30 minutes ago, kloubek said: I think that there are likely players in utica that would make more of an impact than Burrows seems to be having. But as a poster above me says, why not just let him play out his last year and end his career with dignity. He bleeds our colours, and deserves to go out accordingly. Maybe due to the fact we stuck by him, he would return the favour and enter some sort of coaching capacity for us. Not sure what that would be.... Perhaps training/effort coach. I feel as though the Canucks organization owes it to Burrows to let him finish out his contract. When he was a 30 goal scorer he was getting paid peanuts, and he is getting paid for it now. The guy is a warrior, let him finish his contract, he is still one of the best PK'ers on the team and is great in his own zone. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpworsley Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 I really have nothing to add I just had to be part of this thread 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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