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One of the luxuries of West Coast living is being able to stay up until all the games on the schedule on a given night are completed. With the Canucks far from home for the next 10 days, that’s surely going to throw a wrench into Burrows’ scoreboard-watching habit.

“I’m a sports junkie, so I like to make sure I know the NBA scores, the NFL scores … even if there is curling on, I like to know who won the curling match before I go to bed.”

As he’s done during throughout his career though, Burrows will adapt and find a way to get things done. It’s just part of who he is and how he operates. Out on the road, it may mean a quick glance at his phone or his laptop first thing in the morning. But know this much: he’ll get the information he needs to know where the Canucks stand.

“Personally, I know pretty well what’s going on, I know exactly where we’re at and I know exactly where the other teams in the Western Conference are at,” he says. “At the end of the day, I don’t lose any sleep over it. It’s stuff that we can’t control. We have to focus really on the things we can control and that’s what I do. I focus on what I can do to be better and make sure my linemates are better and we’re ready to go.”

Burrows’ thirst for standings information is merely an extension of who he is as a person. While teammates may opt to ignore the day-by-day updates on the playoff chase or prefer to spend their time away from the rink blissfully unaware of games going on around them, the 35-year-old is programmed to seek out that information.

“I’m a sports junkie, so I like to make sure I know the NBA scores, the NFL scores … even if there is curling on, I like to know who won the curling match before I go to bed,” Burrows says. “Some guys have different interests. They’ll play video games, they’ll watch movies or watch TV; I think everybody is wired differently. I like to know what’s going on in the sports world.”