The Colorado Avalanche has added another Norris Trophy winner to its defense corps.
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The 2017 Norris Trophy winner had six goals and 29 points in 82 games for the Hurricanes last year. Despite being one of the oldest players in the league, he still logged more than 20 minutes per game for a Stanley Cup contender.
Burns, who remains one of the best defensemen in the league at getting shots from the point on net, has also been an ironman in his career. He has played 925 games in a row since Nov. 2013.
Listed at 6-foot-5 and 228 pounds, Burns adds the size Colorado was looking for to round out its defense corps, but adding him also gives the club four right-handed shooters — Cale Makar, Josh Manson, Sam Malinski and Burns — among its six best defensemen.
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