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The NHL's active Iron Man , who became the second player to play 1000 consecutive games in league history, was never going to miss Game 1 of the Western Conference Final. Brent Burns has become an important piece of the Colorado Avalanche 's lineup, as the team now sits eight games away from capping a historic season with a Stanley Cup as the Vegas Golden Knights visit them for Games 1 and 2. Some doubted Burns' health, but he quieted those concerns on Tuesday, according to Evan Rawal via X, formerly Twitter.
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"Brent Burns, who has not skated since Game 5, is on the ice for practice today in a regular jersey," Rawal reported.
Burns is playing the Ray Bourque role for the Avalanche this season, as they are currently the favorites to be the last team standing. Bourque famously joined Colorado for the last two seasons of his career, from 1999 to 2001, and won his first Stanley Cup in his last career game. The Avalanche hope they can do that for Burns at the end of this run.
The only question would be whether the 40-year-old Burns will end his career if the team wins a Stanley Cup. He is 57 games away from matching Phil Kessel 's iron man streak, and he could return next season to break that record.
Burns had 35 points for the Avalanche this season and added three assists through the first nine games of the playoffs. With Cale Makar looking banged up himself during the Minnesota Wild series, the Avalanche might need Burns even more than they think.
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