SAN JOSE, Calif. — Tonight will be game No. 750 in the National Hockey League for Alex Burrows. He can’t say for sure there will be No. 751 with the Vancouver Canucks.
The 34-year-old winger with a ringside seat for the Canucks’ massive youth movement knows it will soon be his turn to sit out to allow someone younger to play.
“It’s part of a cycle,” Burrows said this morning after the Canucks skated ahead of tonight’s game against the San Jose Sharks. “I was part of it as a young guy before. I came in and took an older guy’s position maybe.