There aren’t many careers like that of Vancouver Canucks winger Alex Burrows. In hindsight, Burrows definitely should have been a first-round pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. It was the year of great players like Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin, Ryan Miller, Henrik Zetterberg and Radim Vrbata, but Burrows would have deserved to be picked in the top 10.
But, he didn’t get drafted that year. Or ever, for that matter.
Yet, Burrows has enjoyed tremendous success for many years, and he is still an important part of the Canucks hockey club.