Brent Burns – 900 career points

[Barrie22]

Congrats to Burns. Hell of a player but not Hall of Fame worthy IMO. That said, it has become the Hall of Very Good so he'll get in eventually.

Being 13th as of today in defensemen scoring is enough, by the time his contract ends he will be 9th.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Should also be noted that Burns has performed pretty well in the playoffs also. Averaging over a 50+ per 82 game pace there

 

[tarheelhockey]

People have to remember that a lot of HOVG players get into the HOF. There are worse players than Burns in there for sure.

 

[Terry Yake]

crazy to think he'll probably end up being the last guy who played pre-lockout

 

[Al Lagoon]

I still remember the day the Wild drafted him, and folks were all WTF. Not highly rated by Central Scouting, and 40 points in 68 games as a forward. O'Sullivan in the second helped people get over it.

Only later did we learned he was a D'man until has draft year, and when you saw the skating and the goofball he was, well, many of us were sold, especially when he was moved back to D.

I'd be very happy to see him in the HoF.

 

[PensandCaps]

Jamie Benn won an Art Ross trophy, that alone is enough to get into the Hall of fame. He's going to surpass 1000 career points before it's all said and done. On top of that he's big, strong, handsome and plays hockey the right way. And for over 3 years Benn was leading the NHL in points as a feared powerforward: NHL Stats

no its not. terrible logic.

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

Seemed to dodge the "bad defensively" tag for the most part despite being pretty bad defensively. So...yes?

 

[Ghost of Murph]

Burns is easily making it into the HHoF. Currently sitting at 900 pts, almost 1400 hits, almost 1700 blocks, and a Norris. That's legit HHoF, not this hall of very good nonsense

 

[gritdash60]

Why won't anyone call out the fact that about 100 of the points was him playing forward? I mean i love the player one of my favorites of all time, but let's be honest here, he didnt get 900 points as a defender.

 

[Barrie22]

Why won't anyone call out the fact that about 100 of the points was him playing forward? I mean i love the player one of my favorites of all time, but let's be honest here, he didnt get 900 points as a defender.

So his 3 worst years offensively was being forward and that is supposed to some how change his hall of fame status?

 

[gritdash60]

So his 3 worst years offensively was being forward and that is supposed to some how change his hall of fame status?

Didn't say it does, just saying he didn't get 900 points as a defender.

A hall of famer surely, one of my favorite players of all time.

 

[jetsforever]

Don't see why he wouldn't make the HoF. Peaked very high and was elite for a long time. Also has some incredible longevity playing later in his career. Unique player in that he played at forward as well. Not sure what they case against him would be.

More like one of two instead of unique, but sadly Byfuglien left the NHL early

 

[gritdash60]

So his 3 worst years offensively was being forward and that is supposed to some how change his hall of fame status?

What im saying is that this is not true: Bei Facebook anmelden

900 points is nice and all, but as a defender is not true.

He will probably get the 900 points as a defender though, because he is a ridiculous human

 

[Felidae]

For all the praise the modern generation of superstar defenseman get for their offense, None of them have finished top 10 in scoring yet..

Burns finished 9th in 2016-17 and 11th in scoring the year before. Not to mention the 2nd best goalscoring season by a defenseman post 2000.

One of the best offensive defenseman of the century, Arguably just behind Karlsson.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

More like one of two instead of unique, but sadly Byfuglien left the NHL early

Ok sure if we want to be the definition police

 

[karltonian]

burns what a guy. miss him on the sharks, that was a great era.

For all the praise the modern generation of superstar defenseman get for their offense, None of them have finished top 10 in scoring yet..

Burns finished 9th in 2016-17 and 11th in scoring the year before. Not to mention the 2nd best goalscoring season by a defenseman post 2000.

One of the best offensive defenseman of the century, Arguably just behind Karlsson.

also one of the best power forwards

Why won't anyone call out the fact that about 100 of the points was him playing forward? I mean i love the player one of my favorites of all time, but let's be honest here, he didnt get 900 points as a defender.

probably because it's just part of his legend. and he scored at a similar rate as a D.

 

[Mattb124]

probably because it's just part of his legend. and he scored at a similar rate as a D.

Legitimately, he started to score at a greater rate after he was converted back to D. But to your point, it wasn’t the case where Burns pumped up his point totals playing F which is what it seems some are implying.

 

[karltonian]

Legitimately, he started to score at a greater rate after he was converted back to D. But to your point, it wasn’t the case where Burns pumped up his point totals playing F which is what it seems some are implying.

i remember how unstoppable he was as a forward, man he should have had at least 10 more goals but hit posts with an open net after a dime from thornton. no one could move him.

 

[TheWayToRefJose]

Legitimately, he started to score at a greater rate after he was converted back to D. But to your point, it wasn’t the case where Burns pumped up his point totals playing F which is what it seems some are implying.

I’ll never forget Doug Wilson saying Burns as a forward was over and he thought Burnzie could be a Norris winner on the blue line and everyone thought Wilson had lost his marbles. Turns out he was right.

 

[karltonian]

I’ll never forget Doug Wilson saying Burns as a forward was over and he thought Burnzie could be a Norris winner on the blue line and everyone thought Wilson had lost his marbles. Turns out he was right.

the man knows somethin' about norrises eh