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Burrows is starting to look like he is taking it on his own shoulders to haul us into the playoffs. I love the guy's spirit and compete level. When the going gets tough, Burr gets epic.

When he gets hot he has more ice in his veins than a Viking snowman.

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Let's end this epic post as well Jim Benning. Burrows is another old has been. Trade him to Montreal or Florida and lets end this post as well. It's been years the fans have commenting he needs to go as part of the old-guard house cleaning.! The sooner the better. We can use his cap room anyways.....

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Burrows is a great competitor who has gotten every ounce out of his athletic ability.

The real issue is with the contracts on the team that grossly overpay middling players.

Burrows makes as much or more than Pacioretty, Oshie, Voracek, Hedman etc.

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Burrows is a great competitor who has gotten every ounce out of his athletic ability.

The real issue is with the contracts on the team that grossly overpay middling players.

Burrows makes as much or more than Pacioretty, Oshie, Voracek, Hedman etc.

The Burrows contract is an excellent contract signed at the time and with only one year left on it at $3,000,000.00, is a minor risk.

Burrows will be 35 by the time his contract ends and will either hit the UFA market for another great paycheck and/ or a chance to have kick at the Cup, or stay with the Canucks at a price that makes perfect sense for both sides, at a position that also makes sense.

However, Burrows is a double edged sword. Since Burrows is an absolute workhorse, he will always automatically displace whoever plays with the Sedins. This season, Vrbata who signed with the Canucks to specifically play with the Sedins, lost his place to Burrows.

Vrbata did not look too happy about that at all and his production dried up as he was "out-of-position" on his contract. He looked frustrated and even sometimes lost.

Vrbata with the Sedins works All-Stars if Burrows isn't available.

Who in their right mind would trade such a winner as Burrows, who sacrificed everything for this franchise, and who has shown the resilience sorely needed in too many people today. Besides, Burrows was molded to the Sedins' style to a T. Therefore, no one else fits better with the Sedins than Burrows.

That said, whether Burrows leaves or stays, I hope a new 1st line is created in Vancouver.

The Sedins-Burrows line cannot carry the load in the playoffs as a first line; not on this team, not in this Division, nor in this Conference.

However, having D. SEDIN - H. SEDIN - BURROWS as a second line works perfect for the playoffs.

A first line followed by the Sedins is a lethal, unstoppable part of the team; change on the fly and cycle until the opposition loses its legs. Easy pickings, the Sedins continue to rack the points, break records, retire happy and hopefully with a Cup.

That would mean a beefy, skilled 1st line.

A double edged sword indeed.

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That said, whether Burrows leaves or stays, I hope a new 1st line is created in Vancouver.

The Sedins-Burrows line cannot carry the load in the playoffs as a first line; not on this team, not in this Division, nor in this Conference.

However, having D. SEDIN - H. SEDIN - BURROWS as a second line works perfect for the playoffs.

This will be the key to the Sedins seeing a cup in vancouver. We almost had it with the WCE but Bertuzzi decided to sucker punch some guy in the back of the head.

The window is closing but we could if full circle if some of the young fellas emerge as a first line presence.

Otherwise it's pretty awesome that this thread is almost 8 years old.

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Alex Burrows has earned his cap hit with the Canucks. He played a 4 year contract that paid him a total of 8 million dollars. In that time period he was putting up 25+ goal seasons. He's still a very effective player and is ALWAYS a great for with the twins and can slot into any line at anytime. He's a good 200 foot player. Go Burrows. That guy is a Canuck!

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Burrows is still gold. This year when the game is almost over and we tie it up last moment...you just watch....Burrows for the win! I've seen it so many times now, how quickly you all forget. I hope they put him on the PP more this year...with Bo :) The results could will be dangerous

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Burrows had a nice bounce back season in 2014-15, but he's not the same player he was back in 2010-2011.

He's still one of the best PKers in the league, plays with heart, is decent defensively, but he's lost that split second quickness that he used to have (and that's only because of father time).

I realize this is an unpopular thing to say, but if the Canucks can get a second round draft pick for Burrows, I'd be all for it. Burrows was worth $4.5M AAV when he was in his prime (2008 to 2012)...today, he's worth $2.5M AAV. He's earning lots of back pay right now.

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why is this even a topic of discussion? :picard:

Well... "Mr. Clutch" played only 3 of the 6 playoff game against the Flamez this year and had ZERO goals and 2 assists.

One of the few remaining from the "stale" old core....

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