Confirmed with Link: [VAN/OTT] Canucks trade F Alex Burrows to OTT for F Jonathan Dahlén

[Jay Cee]

First off, gutted to lose Burrows. Anytime a career Canuck leaves it's a sad day for the franchise. Still a very solid player and this team will be worse in the short term without him, on and off the ice.

That said, this is a good return. First deal under this administration where the pure value of the trade appears to go in our favour. Even if Dahlen doesn't turn out*, you can't fault the value of the deal, and this player steps in as a top 5-6 prospect for us. Takes some of the sting out of the Gudbranson deal.

*unless there's something about the player that Ottawa knows and we should have known that derails his development.

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How nuts is it that Burrows was a buyout candidate last year? The whole notion was completely absurd at the time and this just confirms how ridiculous it was.

Without even considering anything else, a buyout for Burrows wasn't even useful from a cap perspective.

 

[Ninebreaker]

Saw Burrows on a bus-stop ad today. Going to miss him

 

[Zombotron]

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Thanks for the memories

Lol, I never noticed how Burr left Ohlund hanging in that replay.

ohlund, who knew he was the original oreskovich?

 

[y2kcanucks]

Seeing Stafford go for a 6, and Parenteau go for a 6, this just proves the value in jumping in as early as possible. Not sure that they are significantly worse than Burrows to justify the difference between Dahlen and a 6th round pick.

 

[PM]

May I have permission to use this once we get avatars back? As a Canucks/Sens fan this is amazing.

 

[Zombotron]

May I have permission to use this once we get avatars back? As a Canucks/Sens fan this is amazing.

Of course.

 

[PM]

Of course.

Much obliged! Got anything up your sleeve for a Sharks/Hansen one? I am picturing something hilarious.

 

[Frank Garrett]

Lol, I never noticed how Burr left Ohlund hanging in that replay.

If that was a Luc Bourdon arrow shot tribute celly it seems like a decent enough reason to leave Ollie hanging though.