Edgy
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- Nov 30, 2009
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Say what you want about the guy, but I don't see how hiring a guy that knows how to score on ES is a bad thing. We're a team starved for offense, getting a guy that can teach the kids how to get their nose dirty and score goals can't be a bad thing.From 2009 through 2013, Burrows played 3,239 even-strength minutes with Henrik. In those five seasons, Burrows scored 109 even-strength goals, the sixth most in the NHL and just two behind Ilya Kovalchuk.
He was a pest on the ice but so is Gallagher and we love him for it. Getting under opposing teams' skin and throwing them off their game and not costing your team (like Marchand for example) is an underrated skill.
I'd give him time before we write him off as a nepotist hiring.