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3ITB’s Top 33 Wild Players of All Time – #5

5. Brent Burns – D/RW 7 Seasons,  453 Games,  55 Goals,  128 Assists,  183 Points Drafted 20th overall in 2003 out of the OHL, where he played  as a right winger, Brent Burns was promptly converted into a defenseman by Jacque Lemaire and as an 18 year-old, spot started through most of his rookie season. With limited ice-time, he struggled and was likely not quite ready for the NHL. Luckily Gary Bettman decided to deprive all hockey fans in 2004-2005, and that gave Brent a chance to develop with the Houston Aeros. In the two years following the lockout, Burns would flash hints of the talentMore