Burns’s Great Career Still Missing One Final Piece

Brent Burns has built a career that most defensemen would trade their entire résumé to match, and yet the Cup-sized hole still lingers. That is the cruel part of a long NHL life: the numbers, the respect, and the highlights can all be there, but the ring keeps missing from the shelf. This column digs into a career that has piled up everything except the one trophy that changes how history remembers you.