There is only one NHL player who’s survived a cheetah attack, occasionally loses a few large snakes and once convinced Canadian customs to let through a collection of knives.
There is only one Brent Burns.
Now 40 years old, Burns signed a one-year contract with the Avalanche in July. He’s still chasing his dream to win the Stanley Cup.
Burns is also still the same guy he has always been — the most interesting man in the NHL — as he enters his 22nd season. He’s posed naked on the cover of ESPN The Magazine. He had a two-episode run as a guest star on the show “Vikings.