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dash_pinched · 02-08-2018, 08:07 PM

Hey, Mark Spector is going to miss Alex Burrows...

I will tell you as a reporter who spent a fair deal of time around those Canucks, he is a personable, engaging guy. On the ice, he’d say things that are borderline sick. Off the ice? Can’t think of many I’d want to have beers with ahead of Burrows.

It’s that on-ice quality that causes a skill player like Hall to crank Burrows with a hard, clean check when the opportunity arose the other night in Ottawa. If not for some indiscretion Burrows had carried out on Hall, then for something Burrows was going to do later. Or that he had done over the years to a teammate of Hall’s.

Burrows is like a bank account. When get a chance to make a deposit, you make it.

The bank is closed for 10 games now, and soon to be aged 37, I can’t imagine there are very many more transactions left.

When he is gone, some will cheer. Not me, though.

I’m in the story telling business, and few players in my time gave us more material than Alex “The Heel” Burrows.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...-alex-burrows/

02-08-2018, 08:07 PM	#179
dash_pinched Franchise Player Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maple Bay, B.C. Exp:	Hey, Mark Spector is going to miss Alex Burrows... I will tell you as a reporter who spent a fair deal of time around those Canucks, he is a personable, engaging guy. On the ice, he’d say things that are borderline sick. Off the ice? Can’t think of many I’d want to have beers with ahead of Burrows. It’s that on-ice quality that causes a skill player like Hall to crank Burrows with a hard, clean check when the opportunity arose the other night in Ottawa. If not for some indiscretion Burrows had carried out on Hall, then for something Burrows was going to do later. Or that he had done over the years to a teammate of Hall’s. Burrows is like a bank account. When get a chance to make a deposit, you make it. The bank is closed for 10 games now, and soon to be aged 37, I can’t imagine there are very many more transactions left. When he is gone, some will cheer. Not me, though. I’m in the story telling business, and few players in my time gave us more material than Alex “The Heel” Burrows. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...-alex-burrows/