Burrows worked hard and proved that he had skill, but he was also a very smart hockey player.
"He could play any role on the team, he could be an agitator, he could play on a checking line with all the hack-wack-and-smackers, or you could put him on the top line with the Sedins and he could score goals," Larscheid recalls. "He had great versatility, he had one of the highest IQs for hockey of any player I've ever seen."
Put on a line with Henrik and Daniel Sedin for the first time in a game in St. Louis on February 10, 2009, Burrows solved a multi-year problem for the team.
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It turned out, he was the perfect fit.
"He worked well with everybody," Larscheid explained. "The big thing with the Sedins is that he knew what his role was. His role was to go in on the forecheck, dig the puck out, get it to Henrik and Daniel, and then go to the net. They would find him. He found open ice for the Sedins to make the play. That's why he was so productive offensively."
Burrows scored at least 26 goals in four consecutive seasons from 2008-09 to 2011-12, including a career-high 35 goals in 2009-10 -- many of them assisted by Henrik and Daniel.